Blinken Reveals How FG Should Handle #EndSARS Report
Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has revealed how the Federal Government should handle the reports in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests especially with the submission of the findings of the Lagos Judicial Panel on Police brutality and related matters. Information Guide Nigeria
Blinken said that once the report is published and what exactly happened is understood, the government should introduce necessary steps to ensure that it doesn’t repeat itself. NAIRAMETRICS reports.
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He said that the government should develop trust between citizens, the security forces, and the states in addition to accountability to make sure that individuals who are responsible for committing abuses are brought to justice, which is another way of building trust between the citizens and security forces.
While answering questions on what lessons Nigeria can learn from how the US handled its own experience with police brutality especially in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Blinken said: jamb resul`ts
“Well, you’re exactly right that countries are facing this challenge, dealing with this challenge, including the United States. And exactly in our case with instances of police brutality, the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement that sprung up from that. But here in Nigeria, I think what’s so essential is this: You have now, in Lagos, the state panel that’s issued its report. That in and of itself is a very important and powerful thing because it brings transparency to these incidents, to the allegations of abuse by the security forces. But what’s even more vital now is for there to be action following up on the report – action at the state level, action at the federal level.
“I think we have to see once the report is actually published, and we understand exactly what happened. Two things need to follow from that, and this is true across the board, whether it’s in the United States or anywhere else. What are the necessary reforms to make sure that that can’t happen again? How do you build trust between citizens and the security forces, and more broadly, the state? And also accountability to make sure that any individuals who are responsible for committing abuses are brought to justice, which is another way of building trust between the citizens and the security forces?
‘’That trust is so vital because, of course, Nigeria faces very difficult security challenges in virtually every part of the country. And it’s necessary to deal with them in a way that has trust between the citizens and the state, which has the responsibility of making sure that its citizens are secure while at the same time upholding their rights.’’
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