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  • Updated: June 03, 2022

FG Trains FCT Police On Use Of First Aid

FG Trains FCT Police On Use Of First Aid

The Federal Ministry of Justice under the aegis of the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC), on Thursday, commenced mass training on the use of first aid for the FCT police command.

The training which kicked off with three police divisional headquaters in Durumi, Maitama and Lifecamp will to take place in 20 (twenty) offices across the FCT as part of ACJMC mass sensitization on the need to comply with the provision of the Administration of Justice Act (ACJA) 2015.

Executive Secretary of the Monitoring Committee, Sulayman Dawodu said ACJA provides the minimum standard the police must adhere to in handling detainees in custody, stating that the use and knowledge of first aid is essential to this compliance and in cases of suspects with injury.

Dawodu noted that the law presumes a suspect innocent until proven otherwise hence detainees should be treated as humans and given the necessary needs before or after conviction.

"The welfare of detainees is paramount, even though they have committed an offence, they have to be taken care of.

"A sick or dead suspect or convict could lead to a case stalling or left pending as the detainee may need to take care of health challenges first and this might not be good for the case."These convicts or suspects are kept in your care in remand to ensure that they do not go back to what led them here, so it is good that the best way possible be practiced, as I believe no police will want to have any detainee die in his custody."
 

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