The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), has raised concerns over what he described as increasingly stringent and punitive bail conditions imposed by some police divisions across the country.
Speaking at a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, in Abuja on Tuesday, Osigwe said bail was increasingly being administered in a manner that effectively denies suspects the opportunity to regain their freedom.
“I will use this opportunity to note that bail has become a punitive thing, that in our police stations, in our courts, in EFCC offices, ICPC offices, bail is being given with the intention that the people should not enjoy it. So we deny bail by pretending to give it,” he said.
According to him, one of the most troubling practices is the insistence by some police officers that suspects produce directors or senior civil servants as sureties before they can be granted
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