THE ROLE OF RULE OF LAW IN POLICE BRUTALITY.

RULE OF LAW AND ITS ROLE IN POLICE BRUTALITY.

        The law is for everyone and not for particular set of people. The law is meant to be obeyed, respected and trusted not the other way round. In Nigeria, the law is imposed and forced on people who cannot oppose or say no to it. These people cannot question high authorities when treated differently. It is so appalling that we find ourselves in such a situation. High government officials cannot be questioned why? The Police cannot be questioned, why? Are they trying to say some people are above the law? Or are they saying that some people are saints? Thousands of questions run through the minds of a lot of people, but most cannot voice out and say what they think. Some think right away they will be punished, some even think it may result to their death. THE QUESTION OF EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.

       When the law talks about equality it simply means that nobody is above the law. It means everybody can be questioned for crimes they commit; it means the police have no right to determine someone’s fate but only the law has the capacity to do that. It means no citizen should be caused to under  go inhuman treatment that most times end up as death cases. The rule of law has an important role to play in police brutality:

·         If the law is considered to be the highest that is, the supreme power being  the law, then no police officer will have the capacity or right to walk over a civilian. Supremacy of the law is a key thing to handling brutality in Nigeria.

·         Respect for fundamental human right; a lot of human right activist have spoken about this and no one wants to listen. The right of every Nigerian has to be respected and not just over looked.

This is because this forms the basis for living. When you know you have rights backing you up. Most times in Nigeria, the police forget the fundamental rights of Nigerians and tend to act otherwise, violating Nigerians of their rights.

We are not going to sit down and watch innocent lives taken away daily by careless acts of the Nigerian Police Force. It’s high time the killings of young, old, poor and average civilians come to an end.

In our last article were we spoke on different cases of brutality in Nigeria, one would discover that the police have gone to an extreme now, treating people like they have the power to give and take lives. Its high time we spoke out on these brutal killings and save our generation.

we can stop police brutality if we know our rights and we stand for it.