OPINION
By Christy David | 19th Aug. 2024| Task-Force|Metro | Music | Judicially | Security
Members of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups in the country have issued a plea to the Nasarawa State Government to through its Nasarawa State Urban Development Board NUDB return the goods that were confiscated from her by members of the Task Force to Barr. Mrs. Nwokoma Francisca and also render apology to her.
A statement issued to members of the press and signed by Comrade Chinedu Karl Uchegbu of the Civil Liberty Organisation South South, Amb. Dr. Emmanuel Nkweke the International Spokesman of the International Association Of World Peace Advocates IAWPA, Comrade Benjamin Etuk of the Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation Ugochi Ubani of the Women United Initiative who described the action as an assault on the Nigerian woman, urged the Nasarawa State government to wade into the issue concerning the female lawyer who practices in Karu Local Government area of the state stressing that if she could be so treated in such an embarrassing way then what will be the fate of ordinary women in the streets.
The coalition also called on the National Council for Women Societies which she belongs to as an Executive Council member and the Minister of Women Affairs to wade into the issue inorder to ensure that justice prevails in the matter.
"It is pathetic that somebody who went to the market to buy foodstuffs and other items for her family and her church can be so cheaply treated while the government does not do something about it. It's a clear case of fundamental rights abuse and as Civil Society Groups in the country, we will not fold our hands and allow this continue. Members of the task force under the Nasarawa State Urban Development Board NUDB who are involved in this shameful act should be made to account for what they did. We believe the state governor has a listening ear and will do the needful by calling them to order and addressing the injustice meted out to the female lawyer" the statement added.