Ep 1: Horror story of police brut...
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Ep 1: Horror story of police brutality in Nigeria

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Certa Law Clinics Podcast by Certa Law Clinics Initiative

Episode notes

In this episode, we address various issues relating to citizen’s rights in Nigeria including:

  • Right to not make statement without counsel
  • Right to be silent
  • Nigerian Police’s power to make arrest
  • Instances when Nigerian police have no right to arrest
  • How Police has no business meddling in civil matters
  • Why the police intermeddle in civil matters and how it is wrong
  • How Police does not have the power to torture
  • How writing of confessional statement for defendant is wrong
  • Criminal offence of Aiding & abetting
  • Riot v protest
  • Effective ways to avoid turning riot to protest
  • What to do when arrested
  • How a young man spent five (5) years in detention for a crime he did not commit
  • Police brutality and how a person was allegedly kil ... 
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