On the 27th of June, 1987 in accordance with its article 27(1) the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment came to force to compel each state party to take effective
administrative, judicial and other measures to prevent acts of torture from being committed within its territory. This was expressly stated in Article 2(2) of the UN Convention.
There is a case of one Kayode Badmus who became partially blind as a result of the conditions under which he was held at the Panic Police Station, Yaba, Lagos State.
Similarly, there was a reported case of one Taiwo Omosowon who disclosed that as part of the torture meted on him, the Nigeria Police ran thin metal wires through his urinary tract,
and advanced his torturing treatment by hanging him face down, with ropes suspended from the roof of a special torture-chamber, lashing his back and buttocks with metal wires until blood dripped from his nostrils.
With the greatest of respect sir, you have shown an unprecedented, unpardonable and irredeemable level of ignorance and naivety on leaderless protests. Learned Doctor, if you had done little research, you would have seen that leaderless protest is an emerging political concept.
Though their catalysts vary, leaderless protests have largely looked the same: From Hong Kong and Chile to Iraq and Lebanon, people have utilized social media and the streets to whip up spontaneous, mostly nonviolent grassroots
Colloquially, democracy is defined as a system of government for the people, by the people.
Sir, that is the Abraham's summarised version.
It is not strange that you still lack the conceptual understanding of democracy.
Sir, there is the general standard of quality minimum requirement, especially with regard to the respect for the rule of law. This is where section 14 (2) (a) of the 1999 Constitution comes in handy to wit:
This is Adekunle Adepeju, the 1st Undergraduate Victim of Police Shooting in Nigeria, he was a second-year Agricultural Science undergraduate of the University of Ibadan.
He was shot dead by the Police on Monday February 1, 1971, during, a police student riot at the University of Ibadan. Some others were wounded. Students were protesting the de-humanizing feeding and welfare conditions of Zik’s Hall in particular, and the entire campus in general.
The Vice-chancellor had invited the police to help contain the students action, which started on Saturday January 30, 1971, when a major confrontation ensued.
In 1993, one Andrew Ozone, a security officer with a petroleum marketing from in Apapa, Lagos State, was arrested by the Nigeria Police on allegations of stealing drums of oil from his employer.
When he was brought out for interrogation, he was asked to confess to having committed the offence. He refused complying with the Police by confessing to an offence he never committed.
The Nigeria Police of that jurisdiction got annoyed and beat him 'blue-black' with a rough edged glass on his 'hands and 'ribs'.
The baseline of the ongoing #EndSWAT#EndSARS protests is hinged on the power of the people.
Section 14 (2) (a) provides to the effect that sovereignty belongs to the people, and the power any constituted authority wields - be it the President or Governor - resides with the people.
This principle of law has been upheld by the Court in a plethora of cases, including the case of Amoshima v. State (2011).
The present crop of Nigerian youths are now alive to their powers and, the rot in the system.
WILL I BE SUED FOR DEFAMATION IF I REPUBLISH A DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION, EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT EMANATE FROM ME?
For a start, defamation is as an act of communicating false statements about a person to a third party, which injures the person's reputation or prevents further
association with the person.
Defamation can either be in form of slander or libel. Libel is communicating a defamatory statement made in writing, while slander is defamation by verbally.
If you initiate and post false information about anyone, by creating original contents about it, commenting, or using emotions, it may expose users to defamation. The American Court has ruled that users who repost, retweet, reshare are liable for defamation because they