Director Public of Prosecution (DPP), Kano state Ministry for justice, Barrister Lawal Sulieman has said that there was no provision in the constitution that provided the leeway for security agents to trampled upon the fundamental human rights of any individual under whatever pretext .
Speaking at a two-day workshop on decriminalizing petty offences organized by Prisons and Welfare Association(PRAWA) for selected agencies, Sulieman stated that the fundamental human rights of every citizen was sacrosanct.
Citing certain examples to buttress his point, the legal luminary maintained that the issue of confrontation between an ordinary civilian and law enforcement agents in the face of a minor misunderstanding that could amicably be settled instead of resorting to jungle justice.
Speaking in the same vein, an official of the National Human Rights Commission, Malam Shehu Abdullahi said the Commission had on various occasions engaged itself in cases of mediation, arbitration and settlement of disputes that do not entailed litigation affirming that the issue of decriminalizing petty offences could only be feasible when the spectre of grueling poverty had totally been eradicated.
