The Nigeria Police Force has claimed that its operatives no longer torture suspects to extract information from them whenever they are arrested and held in the custody.
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said this while speaking on the arrest of some suspected killers of the Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State when he featured on a Channels TV programme on Tuesday night.
According to the Force spokesperson, the police are now conscious of the provisions of the Anti-torture Act 2017.
He said that the police do not need to torture anybody to get needed information, noting that though it may take them time to get information from suspects, they will surely get the information.
Adejobi said, “We don’t torture in the police again. That era has gone. We are actually carrying out what we call interview and interrogation sessions in a professional way to get them.
“We are conscious of the provisions Anti-torture Act of 2017. We don’t need to torture anybody. It may take us time to get information from them but we will surely get information from them.”
