NHRC, FCT Police to collaborate on human rights enforcement

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has reiterated that they are committed to continual support and enforcement of human rights in the country.
The security agency also assured the observance of human rights by its officers.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Mustapha Mohammed, during a courtesy visit to the acting Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mrs. Oti Ovrawah, also assured on further collaborations with the Commission on the development and defense of human rights.
Mohammed said it is important to synergize and discuss issues of common interest to the NHRC and the NPF and foster further collaborations, because, according to him,  the Police and the commission as custodians of law and order, are at the fore front in the defence of Human Rights.
In promising better synergy between the Police and the NHRC, Mohammed also assured on the observance and enforcement of human rights by officers of the Nigerian Police Force.

He said: “The FCT Police is striving hard to observe human rights in our profession because we need it. We try as much as possible to train our officers and the commission also contributes in the training of our men.
Earlier, the NHRC ‘s acting secretary, Mrs. Ovrawah, noted that the visit will afford the opportunity to work out other areas of partnership with the police.
She said many of the NHRC staff were already relevant with the work of the police, being first responders, first human rights defenders people run to, stressing that  it’s  pertinent the NHRC partners with the NPF.
“We have had lots of trainings and programmes together and by next year, we hope to improve on it because human rights promotion, protection and enforcement is not just the job for one institution, we all must play our part and continue to improve on it,” she said.
The NHRC Director, Protection and Investigation, Mr. A. Yakubu, on his part, commended the support of the Nigerian Police and the FCT Command in particular, in several areas of mutual concern.