Police Now Charge As High As N300k For Their Services – Lawyer

Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, a human rights lawyer and activist, claims that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is currently commercializing its services.

In a post on Monday, October 1, Ezeilo revealed that the Police charge set amounts of up to N300,000.

Ezeilo also accused the police of failing to effectively respond to crime victims in need of help.

“These days, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has started commercializing their services, charging fixed amounts as high as 300k (in Enugu, for example), and hardly responds to poor crime victims requiring their intervention,” the post read.

She stated that victims of police brutality have not received justice, and that recommendations made by several panels of inquiry throughout the country have not been executed.

“I was a part of the #ENDSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality.

“It’s disheartening that justice has not been served, and the decisions from the various Panels of Inquiry nationwide have yet to be implemented,” she wrote.

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