Ekiti State Govt Publishes The Victims’ Charter, Set To Help Victims Of Crimes

The Ekiti State government is now set to implement, the policy
which is aimed at helping victims of crimes in the state.

The Ekiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,
Olawale Fapohunda via a tweet reinstated his commitment to ensuring
that, the policy which is tagged “The Victims Charter”, is
implemented to achieve the desired objective.

Today, we publish a victims’ charter on
behalf of the Government of Ekiti State. #Restorevalues @ekitistategov@kfayemi @purrples @AbiodunBorisade @don_phemzy @cpsekiti @eggheader @IkereNba @FemiOnipede1 @bar22_2010 @BisiEgbeyemi @bisiafayemi pic.twitter.com/ea3Kh5g1oj^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

— Attorney-General Ekiti (@AGWalefapohunda) November 22, 2019^[15]

This is in line with the Governor’s directive that the Minister
of Justice should take urgent and practical steps in response to
the concerns of the people that the criminal justice system is only
focused on the offender, largely to the detriment of victims of
crimes.

The Attorney General further assured the people of the interest
of the Fayemi administration to reform the criminal justice
system.

“The Victims’ Charter is a statement of commitment by the
MOJ to ensure that victims of crime do not suffer secondary
victimisation as a result of our processes and
systems.  It sets out the entitlement and services that
victims of crime in Ekiti State can expect to receive from the
Ministry of Justice and other criminal justice agencies.

“Going forward, the Ministry of Justice under my watch will
place the interest of victims of crime at the center of our
prosecutorial policy. The Fayemi administration will continue to
reform our criminal justice system in a manner that promotes
confidence in our justice sector,” he tweeted.