He said this at a strategic meeting organised by Lawyers Alert Nigeria in Abuja on the need to decriminalize petty offences in Nigeria.
Mom frowned that arresting, humiliating and prosecuting helpless citizens over petty offences should stop. He commended the partners for forming an alliance to actualise the decriminalization of petty offences. The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja branch, Mr Folarin Aluko reviewed the concept of petty offences and noted that poor people have been the victims.
Aluko said there is need to decriminalize petty offences just as he frowned at wrong, unwarranted and indiscriminate arrest of citizens, especially the indigent and vulnerable by security men, particularly in Abuja.
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