Nigerians oppose criminalisation of petty offences; say poor citizens targeted
Nigerians on a radio programme have frowned at the continued criminalisation of petty offences in the country, while calling on the judiciary to use non-custodial punishment as arrest and prosecution of citizens for loitering, wandering or hawking persists. The call for the declassification and decriminalisation of petty crimes in Nigeria had been an age-long advocacy. However, a recent investigative report …