The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, will soon begin an independent audit of detention cells in all police commands and formations in Nigeria.
This follows approval of its request by Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police.
The audit would also include all detention cells of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
ACP Abayomi Shogunle, the Head, Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, PCRRU, stated this in a statement Wednesday in Abuja.
Shogunle added that the audit would enable the NHRC oversee the human rights situation of detainees as well as undertake general audit of the state of police detention facilities (cells) in the country.
“This exercise is part of the NHRC 2018 audit of police detention centres in Nigeria,“he said.
The NHRC had appealed to the Federal Government to review the pre-trial detention system, alleging excessive use and abuse of the practice in Nigeria.
The commission was established by the NHRC ACT, 1995 as amended to deal with all matters relating to promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in Nigeria.
The PCRRU was established by the police authorities in 2015 with a mandate to receive and resolve cases of professional misconduct brought against officers.
