Human rights activists and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has called for the investigation prosecution of police personnels who brutalised the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero at a protest rally in Imo state.
Falana made the call in a statement released on Wednesday where he called on the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Kayode Egbetokun to ensure that justice is properly served without delay.
“We call on the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate and ensure that the police officers who brutalised the NLC President are prosecuted without any delay.”
He expressed his disappointment with the statement released by police where they declared they only took the NLC President into protective custody.
“The police version of the brutalisation of the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajero is full of loopholes.
“As soon as Comrade Ajero showed up at the venue of the rally, he was surrounded by a team of police personnel led by the Commissioner of Police of Imo State.
“Why did the police allow Comrade Ajero to be brutalised by the so-called miscreants? In other words, why did the police not protect him from the violent attack?“By the way, why did the police officers not arrest the miscreants who brutalised the NLC President in their presence?
“So the police who witnessed the attack without making any arrest suddenly turned round to take the victim to the police clinic. The members of the public who decried the barbaric attack took pictures which have exposed the misleading version of the police. In fact, the pictures confirm that the miscreants are actually police personnel!
“It is disturbing that the police justified the action of the so-called miscreants by saying that Comrade Ajero has disobeyed the order of a court. Why did the police not allow the court to purge Comrade Ajero of contempt of court?”
