THE Rivers State Executive Council has said the police authority or men of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad involved in brutality and other human rights violations should compensate their victims.
The decision was taken after the five-man committee set up by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to formulate a draft White Paper on the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that investigated brutality and violation of fundamental human rights of citizens by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state, submitted its report to the Executive Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday.
Briefing journalists after the council meeting presided over by Governor Wike, Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor , said the state should not bear the burden because the police was not part of the state government. “Executive Council has already accepted the conclusion of the White Paper Committee that compensation payable to victims of police brutality should paid by police officers, who were found culpable or by police authorities because in law, there is no way you can hold the state accountable for the acts of police officers, who are not agents of the state.
“As far as the issue of compensation is concerned, any compensation payable should be paid either by the police officer involved in those acts of brutality or by the Nigerian Police Force,” Adangor stated.
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