The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Suleja branch has vowed to take legal action against security agencies over the alleged killing of six protesters in Niger State during the August 1 youth #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.
The NBA condemned the actions of the security agencies, asserting that they violated the victims’ rights to protest. The association also noted that a monitoring committee of lawyers had been formed to prevent such incidents from occurring again.
Abdullahi Liman, Chairman of the Suleja branch, visited the residence of one of the deceased, Yahaya Isah, to gather credible information for further action.
“The national level of the NBA has asked all the branches to constitute monitoring committees in respect of the protest.
“So, we are going around to see what is really happening. I got information that a man was shot dead and I came to the house of the victim (Yahaya Nda Isah) to confirm things for myself and I have seen the corpse.
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“So, what we are doing now is to gather information in respect of the incident and I will reach out to the national level so that we know what to do next in respect of the issue. This cannot be denied,” he said.
The chairman disclosed that although the police could not immediately confirm the incident, the NBA had confirmed the killings.
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