Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, and top Lagos State government officials have called for stronger respect for constitutional rights, improved police accountability, adequate funding of security agencies, and deeper collaboration between youths and law enforcement to strengthen democratic governance and public safety.
The calls were made last week at a youth-police engagement summit on community safety and social reform organised by the Lagos State Bureau of Public Defender, in collaboration with the Office of Political, Legislative and Civic Engagement.
The event brought together senior government officials, police representatives, legal practitioners, civil society actors, and youth groups.
Speaking at the summit, Falana urged security agencies to uphold citizens’ constitutional rights, especially the right to peaceful protest, while stressing that proper funding and reform of policing structures remained essential to national security.
“Once citizens notify the police of an intended protest as required by law, the police are obligated to
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