Civil society protests human rights abuses in Bayelsa

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Civil society protests human rights abuses in Bayelsa

— 18th July 2016dickson seriaki

CIVIL society groups in Bayelsa State have concluded plans to pro­test brutality and ha­rassment of residents of Yenagoa by security agents.
The groups during a press conference ad­dressed at the weekend by Chief Nengi James of the Civil Liberty Or­ganization (CLO), Rob­inson Kughobogha of the Bayelsa Non-Gov­ernmental Organisation (BANGOF) and Dise Ogbise-Erhisere of the International Federa­tion of Women Lawyers (FIDA), lamented the assault on Mr. Tonye Yemoleigha. a staff of Bayelsa State Broadcast­ing Corporation and Ms. Philomena Briggs by personnel of the Nigeri­an Air Force and police­men respectively.
According to them, because of compromise by victims, previous cas­es of assault, brutality and harassment by se­curity agencies had been swept under the carpet. This, they said, would no longer happen as vic­tims are ready to lodge complaints with the civil society and testify in court to seek redress.
While expressing readiness to cooperate with security agencies to curb the excesses of some of their personnel, the conveners called on Bayelsans and residents of Yenagoa not to be afraid to report cases of brutality and assault by security agencies.

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