{"id":33112,"date":"2020-12-04T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33112"},"modified":"2020-12-04T17:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:13:47","slug":"police-withdraws-suit-to-stop-judicial-panels-probing-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-withdraws-suit-to-stop-judicial-panels-probing-abuses","title":{"rendered":"Police withdraws suit to stop judicial panels probing abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The police suit against judicial panels set up by states to probe alleged brutality and human rights abuses by officers of the force has been withdrawn.<\/p>\n

The withdrawal of the police suit against the judicial panels was contained in an application the force filed on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The police suit against the judicial panels was filed by O.M Atoyebi, police counsel, in a suit marked FHC\/ ABJ\/CS\/1492\/2020.<\/p>\n

Atoyebi, had in the suit asked the court to stop the ongoing probes, arguing that the setting up of the judicial panels to probe police activities was illegal and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

But the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, frowned at the development and ordered that the suit be probed.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: IGP Adamu orders probe of police suit to stop judicial panels, queries legal team<\/b><\/p>\n

Noting that police was committed to fulfilling its obligations with regard to the disbandment of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), he said the officer behind the suit had been queried and \u201cif found guilty of dereliction of duty\u201d would be sanctioned.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the police in a notice of discontinuance filed by its counsel, Festus Ibude on Friday, declared its intention to withdraw the suit.<\/p>\n

The notice read, \u201cTake notice that the plaintiff herein intends to and do hereby wholly withdraws its suit against all the defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police suit against the judicial panel was seriously frowned at by many Nigerians when the news of it broke on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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