ABUJA – The Rule of Law Development Foundation, RoLDF, a human rights advocacy group, has threatened to initiate a class action proceeding against the Federal Government over the arrest and rape of alleged prostitutes in Abuja.
In a statement on Sunday, RoLDF, maintained that contrary to claim that the victims were prostitutes, it said one of the women was a nursing mother that was arrested and prevented from breastfeeding her two-month old baby, by the desk Inspector. “The women were arrested on Saturday, April 27, 2019 during a raid on nightclubs in the Federal Capital Territory and were detained at the Utako Police Station. One of the women purportedly arrested had a two-month old baby and she was prevented from breastfeeding her baby by the desk Inspector.
“ROLDF hereby condemns these documented abuses of the God-given rights of these women and child as citizens of Nigeria, which rights are also guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We call on the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Honourable Minister of Police Affairs and the Hon.
“The women arrested for the alleged offence have rights and we will not hesitate to rise up to defend them when officers of the Force manifest inhumane conducts on them. “The action of the officers and men of Nigeria Police Force is unacceptable and connotes deliberate targeting of women within the Abuja environs.
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