NEC calls for close monitoring of newly formulated SWAT

The National Economic Council (NEC) has asked governors to supervise the newly formed police tactical units and other security agencies in their states.

NEC made this resolution at the end of its fifth virtual meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja.

The council also directed the immediate establishment of state-based judicial panels of inquiry across the country to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra judicial killings.

The council said such panels would ensure the delivering of justice for all victims of the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units.

It resolved that governors and the FCT minister should take charge of interface and contact with the protesters in their respective domains.