Saturday, October 27, 2012

Compensate victims of Alluu killings, Lagos NBA urges govt


The Nigeria bar association (NBA), Ikeja branch yesterday rose from an emergency meeting demanding that the trail of the suspects in the Aluu killings be not swept under the carpet or behind any judicial smokescreen.
Besides the association also called on the government at local, state and federal to adequately compensate the families of the victims.
Speaking at a press briefing titled: “Nigerians Hobbesian state of nature… A portent of a coming Tragedy”, the 1st vice-chairman of the association, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana. who represented the chairman, Monday Ubani, lamented the culture of lynching which he said to be common to the both “Irate mobs” and “uniformed killers”. His words:
“It is done not only by “Irate mobs” but even by “uniformed killers” particularly by security agencies indeed it is a widespread culture indeed that indicates the failing of state; and mass dehumanization. People and institutions have become generally disconnected from due process resort to self-help is common place in Nigeria, like-wise lynching.

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