The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hashimu Argungu, has expressed concern over the presentation of suspects in chains and neglect of crime victims by law enforcement agencies.

A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC spokesperson, said Mr Argugun expressed the concern on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said the PSC boss spoke during a courtesy visit to the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) executive secretary, Tony Ojukwu.

The PSC chairman said extra-judicial killings, illegal arrests, searching and detention, and sexual abuses were some of the issues haunting the nation’s human rights record.

He urged the commission to find a way to mitigate or eliminate the issues.

Mr Argungu called for a balancing of the justice system where attention would also be given to victims of crime and not only the suspects.

The PSC chairman said it was a mockery of Nigeria’s criminal justice system, adding that some Nigerian laws were obsolete and needed reviewing.

He commended the collaborative partnership of the PSC with the NHRC.

Mr Ojukwu told the visiting delegation that the NHRC was building a digitalised platform for processing human rights cases.

He said the platform would be linked to the PSC to ensure that the two government agencies would, in partnership, take the war against abuses to the next level.

He said the nation would not continue to watch the abuse of the rights of citizens.

Mr Ojikwu appealed to the PSC chairman to partner with his commission to give the nation something to cheer.

(NAN)