The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has promised that his government, if elected in the February 25 poll, will apologise to all victims of police brutality in the country.
“We will apologise to all those who are victims of police brutality,” Obi told his teeming supporters on Saturday during his campaign rally in Lagos, which held at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan.
“All those who have suffered in the hands of government, we will apologise to them. We will make sure that it never happens again. Nigeria will be a peaceful country.”
According to him, the country’s security agents will “no longer” be used for harassment.
“Police will not harass anybody; they will be your caregiver because we’re going to train on professional policing,” he promised.
Obi added that the law enforcement agencies would be equipped and more trained personnel recruited, saying: “The police will be a friend, not an enemy. They will do the work of policing. We will not have all these problems we have.”
The 61-year-old candidate assured voters of a free press that would be allowed to “criticise what we’re doing.”
Obi’s promise comes barely two years after the October 2020 protests that elicited international reactions. The call to action tagged #EndSARS saw thousands of Nigerians across the country demanding extensive police reforms