Ajulo, who quoted section 12 of Criminal Procedure Act, Section 28(d) of Criminal Procedure Code as well as the Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Nweke V. The State (1965) 1 ALL NLR 114, said the trio has committed no crime. He said a certain section of the Nigerian criminal laws permits citizens arrest of a suspected criminal even without a warrant.
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The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, who doubled as Chairman of the Committee on Child and Human Trafficking in the State, Akingbolahan Adeniran, made this submission during the constitution of Coordinators and Subcommittee of Task Forces to tackle incessant human trafficking and molestation of child, held at his office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, who made this known at the inaugural sitting of the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations , said that the petitions were received from the six geo-political zones and the FCT.
The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command said it arrested 79 suspects, who were allegedly involved in election related offences during Saturday’s rerun election at Essien Udim Local Government Area.
Dr Bolufunmilayo Obenbe, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of medical, Force headquarters, Abuja gave the advice on Thursday in Benin at the AIG lecture for officers and men of the Edo Police command.
Arthur-Worrey spoke on Thursday during a stakeholders’ roundtable in Lagos on Police Budget, organised by the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre and the Nigerian Policing Programme.
For the past few decades, the Nigerian Police Force has consistently vindicated this preposition; it has been a microcosm of all that is wrong with Nigeria at every stage of its evolution.
The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 424 kidnap and 276 armed robbery suspects across the country.
The Police Service Commission says it has received 158,773 applications in the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 constables into the Nigeria Police Force.
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Monday, said the president confirmed the approval in the State House, Abuja.
The approval of the budget followed a presentation of the report of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation at plenary.
According to the newspaper, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Nigeria Police Force; and Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, stated this position in affidavits filed before the court.
Idris made the disclosure at the monthly meeting with Commissioners of Police and above on Wednesday in Abuja
The deceased, Ugochukwu Oduburu, 17, student of Government Technical College, Akama, Ezeagu Local Government Area, was allegedly murdered in a cashew plantation on February 17.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered Idris to move to Benue State to restore law and order and forestall the crisis from escalating.
Ahead of 2015 general elections, the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Monday released the postings of 21 Commissioners of Police to preside over State Commands.
As part of efforts aimed at repositioning the Nigeria Police Force as a leading national, professional and efficient Law enforcement organization, the Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba Wednesday decorated two newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, thirty Commissioners of Police and seven Acting Commissioners of Police.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered on Monday that letters to that effect were dispatched by Salihu Abubakar, the LMC’s Chief Operating Officer, on Friday