Senior Advocate and Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has highlighted the three steps the Nigerian police must take in order to get justice against Senator Elisha Abbo who was caught on tape allegedly assaulting a shop attendant.
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According to Keyamo, who spoke via his Twitter handle, he highlighted the steps as thus:
- Arrest him (no formal complaint is needed with the evidence on tape)
- Obtain his statement (if he’s willing to make one) and that of the victim
- Arraign him in court.
What he wrote below:
The case of Senator Elisha Abbo is very straightforward: the Police MUST IMMEDIATELY take three steps: 1. Arrest him (no formal complaint is needed with the evidence on tape) 2. Obtain his statement (if he’s willing to make one) and that of the victim 3. Arraign him in court.
Keyamo was the spokesman of President Muhamamdu Buhari’s reelection campaign.
See his tweet below:
The case of Senator Elisha Abbo is very straightforward: the Police MUST IMMEDIATELY take three steps: 1. Arrest him (no formal complaint is needed with the evidence on tape) 2. Obtain his statement (if he’s willing to make one) and that of the victim 3. Arraign him in court.
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) July 2, 2019
