Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- The Benue State House of Assembly has urged Governor Hyacinth Alia to establish a judicial panel of inquiry into cases of police brutality and extra-judicial killings in the state.

The resolution, taken during Thursday's plenary presided over by Speaker Alfred Emberga, followed a motion of urgent public importance raised by Douglas Akya, who represents Makurdi South.

Mr Akya told the House that incidents of unlawful killings were on the rise in different parts of Benue, citing the recent killing of a cybercrime suspect, Fanen Kpentemem, allegedly by the police, and the reported shooting of unarmed mourners in Jato Aka by soldiers.

He stressed that Section 33 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life, saying th...