DIG Argungu
5 Nov
Extra-judicial killings, illegal arrests, searches and detentions, sexual abuses, and others have been listed as issues tainting the nation's Human Rights record globally. The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd), made this disclosure during his collaborative visit to the National Human Rights Commission. Argungu was on an advocacy campaign for…
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