The Attorney General Alliance (AGA -Africa) has trained no fewer than 200 lawyers in Kogi State on oral advocacy and electronic evidence in criminal prosecution and defence. AGA-Africa Country Representative, Anthony Idigie (SAN), disclosed this while speaking at the opening ceremony of the two-day training in Lokoja, Kogi State. Idigbe, who was represented by the […]
Public Hearing: Kogi Committee receives 6 petitions on police brutality
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The Human Rights Special Intervention Group (HRSIG) in Kogi said it received six petitions and complaints on human rights violations by the law enforcement agencies.
The Chairman of HRSIG committee in Kogi, Mr Ibrahim Alhassan, said this at a Public Hearing on #EndSARS Protest, Complaints and Petitions on Human Rights Violations and Brutality by Law Enforcement Agencies, held on Tuesday in Lokoja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the HRSIG committee was constituted by Kogi government through the office of Public Defender and Citizens Rights Commission (PDCRC).
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The Kogi State government through the Office of the Public Defender and Citizens Rights Commission (PDCRC), has secured the release of one Mr Unekwu Abah and another, Mr Solomon Abuh, who were standing trials separately for the offences of murder and manslaughter respectively.
A legal team from PDCRC led by its Director-General, Barr. Abdullahi Zakari, secured the freedom of both Abah and Abuh in their separate trials after been discharged and acquitted by the Trial Judge of the High Court of Justice, Okpo, Kogi State.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after the judgement on Friday in Okpo, the DG of PDCRC, Barr. Zakari said it was tears of humanity and joy unspeakable as both Abah and Abuh regained their freedom.