Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has lambasted the Nigeria Police for arraigning the embattled senator representing Kogi-West, Dino Melaye, in court on a stretcher.
Mr Falana said in a statement on Thursday that the degrading and humiliating treatment meted out to Mr Melaye was a violation of his fundamental human right.
“The arraignment of Senator Dino Melaye on a stretcher in Abuja on Wednesday and Lokoja on Thursday morning is unacceptable in a civilised society.
“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,” the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said.
Mr Falana said Mr Melaye’s travails was a reflection of the suffering ordinary Nigerians faced in the hands of security agents on a daily basis.
