Secretary-general of the International Institute of Professional Security (IIPS), Dr Abdullahi Jabi, has called for speedy trial and summary execution of terrorists to encourage the security agencies that are engaged in counter-terrorism operations.
Jabi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, said the call was hinged on the persistent delay in the dispensing terrorism related cases in courts.
He said the inability of the judiciary to ensure quick dispensation of terrorism cases could dampen the morale of the fighting troops who had risked their lives to apprehend those terrorists.
The expert also faulted the justice system for allowing the terrorists that were arrested in war front to be kept in the same correctional facilities thereby giving them opportunity to carry out jailbreaks.
According to him, there is a need to ensure that those that have been in custody are quickly given summary trials.
“There is no point putting them to trial and causing congestion in the correctional facilities does not make sense.
“If they are proved to be enemies of states, they should be treated as such and it is on that ground that the military will be having an edge.
“This is because the issue of information being infiltrated with the collaboration of some bad eggs within the armed forces will be limited to a greater level.
“Jailbreaks in Kuje, Kogi, Lafia and other cities of the country that we had in the past would never have occurred. The slow pace of our judicial system is contributing to a lot of these problems,” he said. (NAN)
