Nwali Ngwuta Justice of the Supreme Court on Nigeria in The State v. Ahmed Rabiu (2013)8NWLR prt 1357 at pages 623-624 "I will not end this judgment without a word for the police, the proverbial friend of the ordinary man. Police brutality is on the rise notwithstanding the warning "to start the process of salvaging their steadily waning image in this country" per Chukwuma-Eneh JSC in Yaki v. The State (2008) 7SC 177. Maybe it is the principle of replication setting in. The duty of the police is to curb crime to safeguard lives and property. It appears they now compete with criminals in the commission of the very crimes they should check, otherwise how could a Divisional Police Officer abandon his duties to moonlight as a one man torture squad, making target practice of a man the law presumes innocent as an accused person. See s. 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Trigger happy policemen with itching fingers, irrespective of rank, should be flushed out of the police force to maintain sanity in the force and for the protection of citizens of this country and those within our borders"
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:27:38 +0000
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