POLICE BRUTALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A CASE STUDY OF GUSAU METROPOLIS.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research work is focus on the Police Brutality and Human Rights: A Case Study of Gusau Metropolis.
It is an irony that persons that have been entrusted with responsibility for promoting and protecting fundamental human rights are the major violators. The violation of the right not to be subjected to torture continues to be infringed on a daily basis despite various human rights instruments prohibiting it.
This study therefore examines the extent to which the police respect the rights and freedoms of offenders of the law. The police, as an agency under the executive arm of government, play a major role in Nigeria’s democracy of which Human Rights plays an integral part.
The study covered Gusau metropolis in the region. The target population of the study was made up of twenty (20) police officers and eighty (80) inhabitants of Gusau. In order to get well informed data, the study selected inhabitants who had lived in the metropolis for a minimum of two years
In gathering the relevant data for the study, the study employed questionnaires. A well opened and closed ended questionnaires were used in the study to permit a wide coverage for minimum expense both in money and effort. This method was used in obtaining information from some of the inhabitants and the police officers.
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