NBA to sue police over harassment of member

The Ilorin Branch of Nigeria Bar Association has vowed to take
legal action over alleged brutalisation of one of its members,
Lukman Bello, by Police in Ilorin.

Chairman of the branch, Mai Akande, made this known speaking
with the News Agency of Nigeria in llorin on Monday.

Some policemen from Traffic Section of “A’’ Division Police
Station in Ilorin, recently harassed and molested Bello while he
was trying to bail someone in their custody.

Akande described the police action as “undemocratic and
barbaric’’ and said that the association would challenge it at the
Federal High Court.

He said that the action of the police against lawyers in the
state was the fourth since he assumed office as chairman.

Reacting to the allegation, Police Spokesman in the state,
Samuel Okasanmi, said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Fafowora
Olaniyi, had intervened in the matter.

He said that investigations on the alleged brutalisation of the
lawyer had reached an advance stage and that the culprits would be
sanctioned appropriately.

Okasanmi said: “The state police command cannot persuade the NBA
from going to court over the issue but our investigations will get
to logical conclusion.”