Institutionalizing the Rule of Law will reduce police brutality-Prince Adewole

Emmanuel Alfred

The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo says his administration will do everything possible to make sure that the Rule of Law is entrenched in the society.

He made this known during a chat with Ruben Abati on how he will ensure the enforcement of the Rule of Law and proper law enforcement.

He said that his administration will reform the Nigerian Police Force by ensuring that they are under the Ministry of Justice. And to do that the Attorney General of the country will completely be independent of the Executive Arm of Government and not the private lawyer of the Federal Government.
In his words: “the people in government have to be reformed so they understand that are supposed to act under the Rule of Law.
We will also employ the best mind into the Force and let them know that the Police is not just about law enforcement but about seeing the job as n opportunity to protect lives and properties as well as solving issues amicably.”

On State policing, he said, “officers working in a State must hail from that community and the laws guiding each State must be used to adjudicate issues of brutalities there.
“I believe that any tier of government – be it Local or State that has lawmaking powers should also have law enforcing powers. If you have a community that sets up sanitation laws, they should also have the powers to enforce the laws as stipulated in that community or area.”

He believes that brutality comes from a place of not respecting the law as in most times, the perpetrators of the offences often go unpunished.
“When you create a tense government where the government is careless about the psychology of the minds of the people, we will continue to have a society where people and the government have a disregard for the sanctity of human lives.” He asserted