Bring dark chapter of extrajudicial killings, disappearances to an end

Those killed or missing may seem like mere statistics. But behind these numbers are the faces of mothers whose lives will never be the same again.

Despite strident public outcry, it is apparent that police are not ready to discard their ugly ways that have over the years visited death, injury and suffering to the same people whose lives they are paid to protect.

Since independence, some police officers have conducted their business with appalling impunity. Hardly a day goes by without news of an officer assaulting a suspect, shooting a person to death or dragging another on a rough stretch using a motor cycle. Truth is, a good number of police officers are more brutal than the criminals they are supposed to rein in.