Stop Harassing Innocent Youths – Buhari Warns Police Over Yahoo Boys’ Arrest

Stop Harassing Innocent Youths - Buhari Warns Police Over Yahoo Boys' Arrest
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President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a warning to the Nigerian Police force for the incessant harassment young Nigerians face in their hands, asking them to arrest fraudsters only.
This came during the President’s welcome speech at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers in Lagos yesterday. President Buhari, who was ably represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, noted that Nigerians cannot do without the service of the police force as the force is the closest to the grassroots.Stop Harassing Innocent Youths - Buhari Warns Police Over Yahoo Boys' Arrest He then expressed that the complaints on the harassment of young people because they look successful and are carrying laptops is becoming too much. Noting that it is necessary to apprehend criminals, he reinforced that it is inappropriate to continue to harass people on the street, most of whom engage in legitimate businesses.
He further noted that misuse of weapons, the exertion of excessive force and extrajudicial killings should stop alongside the harassment. “Recently many civil society groups have complained about the arrest of young men and women just because they look successful and are carrying laptops. Yes, we must apprehend yahoo criminals but we cannot harass young men and women on the streets and in taxis, most of whom are merely going about their legitimate businesses.Stop Harassing Innocent Youths - Buhari Warns Police Over Yahoo Boys' ArrestRead also: President Buhari Suspends Cabinet Members From International Trips
There are also cases of extrajudicial killings and injuries; misuse of weapons and excessive use of force by some members of the force. This sort of conduct by a few bad police officers must stop, and it is the duty of you senior and strategic leaders of the Police force to ensure that impunity of any kind is discouraged and punished where it is found”, part of his address reads.
Stop Harassing Innocent Youths - Buhari Warns Police Over Yahoo Boys' Arrest
Photos Credit: Getty

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