Falana Disagrees With Police On Kwara Suspects' Transfer

Date: 2018-05-20

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has disagreed on an order by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for the transfer of suspects arrested in Kwara State over allegations of murder and criminal conspiracy.

The lawyer made his positions known in an interview on Friday

The police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, had said the suspects were transferred to Abuja for further investigation in the allegations levelled against them.

On whether the IGP's order for the suspects' transfer to Abuja was lawful, Falana said it was not unusual for the investigation of criminal cases to be transferred from any of the states of the federation to Abuja, adding that the action would not stop the prosecution of such cases in the states where offences were committed.

According to the SAN, the investigation of cases can be transferred to Abuja "if, for instance, the Inspector General of Police receives a petition that there is manipulation of such cases at the local or zonal level."

"In this particular instance, since the police claim that these criminal suspects have made confessional statements, the investigation should be speedily concluded so that all those who are indicted are charged to court.

"Under the law, you cannot charge them to court in Abuja, they have to be charged to court where the offence was committed but on a regular basis in Nigeria, every state police command is regularly directed to send case files to Abuja based usually on petitions, either by the complainant or the accused person that manipulation is suspected locally or at the zonal level.

"I have handled cases in Kwara where my clients were referred to Abuja as suspects and that is my experience in all states of the country. But at the end of the every investigation, the case file is sent to the Attorney General of the Federation, who will advise the police to charge to court. If it is a state offence, the suspect will be charged in the state High Court and if it is a federal offence, the suspect will be charged in the appropriate Federal High Court," he told the Punch

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Elelu     Mohammed Abduraheem     Jide Ashonibare     Bola Tinubu     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Seed Technologies     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Olaiya Lawal     Tunji Folami     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Simon Sayomi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Shehu Adaramaja     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Danhawa     Al-Hikmah Radio     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Imam Gambari     Bayo Lawal     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Daud Adeshola     Funke Adedoyin     Rebecca Bake     Taofik Mustapha     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Kumbi Titiloye     Tsaragi-Share     Sodiya     KWIRS     Apado     Kwabes     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Dan Iya     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Funmilayo Oniwa     Baruba     Kwara NIPR     Kwara State Fire Service     Shade Omoniyi     Borgu     Amasa     ER-KANG     Aro Yahaya     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Nigeria Customs Service     Goodluck Jonathan     Moshood Bakare     Moro     Lola Olabayo     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Seni Saraki     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Yunus Lawal     Toyin Saraki     Mohammed Abdulahi     Abdulwahab Ololele     Kwarareports.com     Jide Oyinloye     Kwara 2019     Tuesday Assayomo     Durosinlohun Kawu     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Pius Abioje     Kunle Suleiman     Oniye     Adijat Adebiyi     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Olayinka Olaogun     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Tunde Saad    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Jide Ashonibare     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Paul Olawoore     United Nigeria Airline     Sabi     Sulu Gambari     Ahman Pategi University     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Yusuf Mubarak     Nigeria Customs Service     Simeon Sayomi     11th Galadima     Saraki     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Omoniyi Ayinla     Atiku Abubakar     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     David Adesina     Temitope Ogunbanke     Omu Aran     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Mashood     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Just Law Forum     Okin High School     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Riskat Opakunle     IHS     Afonja     Mansur Alfanla     Mohammed Lawal     Salman Suleiman     Ilorin General Hospital     Cornelius Adebayo     Senate     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Amuda Bembe     Moremi High School     United Nigeria Congress Party     Stephen Fasakin     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Funmilayo Zubair     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Amosa     Kwara State Sports Commission     Ibrahim Oniye     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Baba-Isale     Olabode George Towoju     Yusuf Badmus     Tsaragi/Share     Bankole Omisore     Oniye     Tunji Olawuyi     Ojuekun Sarumi     Iyeru Grammar School     Bolaji Gambari     Zainab Abass     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Offa Poly     Doyin Group     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Christopher Ayeni     Leke Ogungbe     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Mumeen Lah     Fatimat Saliu     Ekweremadu     Olaitan Adefila     Ibrahim Bio     Abdulquawiy Olododo