The Human Right Activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) was on Thursday slammed the police for arraigning Senator Dino Melaye in court on a stretcher.
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Femi Falana (SAN) in a statement described the procedure meted out to Melaye as a degrading and humiliating treatment, which was a violation of his fundamental human right.
He said, “The arraignment of Senator Dino Melaye in a stretcher in Abuja on Wednesday and Lokoja on Thursday morning is unacceptable in a civilized society.
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“It is particularly degrading and humiliating as it violates the fundamental right to the dignity of his person guaranteed by Section 34 of the constitution and Section 7 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.â€
Falana, however, stated that Melaye’s ordeal was a reflection of the suffering ordinary Nigerians faced in the hands of security agents on a daily basis.
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He, therefore, called on the National Assembly, which had protested against Melaye’s arrest, to use the opportunity to call on the relevant agencies to turn a new leaf.
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