Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana has given recipe for stopping the wave of kidnapping in Ekiti State accusing the state government of being the mastermind.
Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN) in a press statement issued yesterday also lamented the continuous shielding of criminals by the government.
According to him, providing official cover for armed gangs and other criminally minded individuals, who had taken over the monopoly of violence, was not the best for the state.
His words: “In the atmosphere of impunity, which currently obtains in the country, the well-known armed thugs operating in Ekiti State have been granted immunity by the Federal Government.”
He blamed the state government for the continuous occupation of the state House of Assembly since November by those he called ‘armed lumpen elements.’
The human rights activist alleged that police officers were under strict instruction not to prosecute any of them.
A commissioner of police, who was determined to rid the state of kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes, Falana noted, was queried and investigated by the Police Service Commission (PSC)
“Even though, he was not indicted in the dubious probe, set up by the Police authorities, the PSC ensured that he was removed and posted out of the state. Based on such official endorsement of criminality, kidnappers and other criminal elements have been having a field day in Ekiti State.”
Falana also noted that the crisis of maintaining law and order in the state had been compounded by the six-month old industrial action of judicial workers.
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