Breaking: Lagos passes bill stopping parade of suspects

The Lagos House of Assembly on Monday passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the state barring the police from henceforth parading suspects before the media.

The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa.

Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill states: "As from the commencement of this law, the police shall refrain from parading any suspect before the media."

The bill further stipulates conditions under which a policeman can arrest without warrant one of which is that a person must be reasonably suspected to unlawfully be in possession of firearms or other such dangerous instruments.

A subsection of the bill also barred the police or any other agency from arresting a person "in lieu of any other person in a criminal matter."

The bill adds that a person who is arrested "shall be given reasonable facilities for obtaining legal advice, bail or making arrangements for defence or release.

The bill stipulates that a suspect should be "accorded humane treatment, with the right to dignity of person; not be subjected to any form of torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment; be brought before the court as prescribed by this law or any other written law; or be released conditionally or unconditionally."

After a voice vote, the Deputy Speaker directed the acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit the bill to the governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for assent.

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Hmmmmmmm, nice one.
Lovely bill, however, what are the mechanism put in place by the law to avoid indiscriminate arrest and love ones not knowing the whereabouts of such person, as the parade(illegal) often times help to know that someone is in police custody, eg, the oil worker arrested as IPOB member but family got to know his whereabout as a result of the parade.
Magistrates should be made to visit detention facility under its jurisdiction twice or once monthly and the visit should be impromptu to avoid relocation of suspects under custody

Why?
Parade them na

Nice one lagos is trying Enugu governor the ori egusi man na ur mate d do all this naw

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Who will enforce this new law I think the new law also included in Nigeria constitution.

Alright make sense.

But I don’t know how a state law will be binding on the federal police.

Let’s hope they pull this through.

Hmmm
Trying to protect Tinubu

LegendHero:
Alright make sense.

But I don’t know how a state law will be binding on the federal police.

Let’s hope they pull this through.

On this, the state have the power to make laws that guide the conduct and the kind of charges Nigeria police can press against individuals. For example, some states pass a law that, kidnapping is death sentence why other is some years imprisonment. So it varies from state to state in the same country. It is normal even in the US.

DoggoneDogg:
Hmmm
Trying to protect Tinubu

How, try always see some thing good from others.

But will a Federal Government controlled Police obey the dictates of a state assembly?

I hope this is true.

Nigeria police will arrest, parade, smear your name and integrity, only to investigate later that you're innocent.

Them without apology or compensation or explanation you're sent back to society to salvage your image.

Of course, after milking you dry.

This country en...

Very good.
Rivers state in particular.any police commissioner dat comes,must parade criminals.They will even bring out the ones paraded by previous cp.

Atimes,i begin feel sey their promotions dey tied to number of suspects paraded.

LibertyRep:
But will a Federal Government controlled Police obey the dictates of a state assembly?

Is there any federal law that say suspects should be paraded?
There are many loop holes in our constitution . If state governments are serious , laws can be passed that would make states independent. The main problem is revenue allocation and resources control. Funds are needed to implement those laws.

Imagine someone being Paraded before the National Press only to be found innocent in Court

By African Standards many of his friends and family would have disowned him before that time

and after release he may still be treated as a leper

Make dem paste am for gate of all police stations,cos even bail is free and police is your friend...they dont understand till today since time immemorial.

Good one.

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As if na by parading.

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But na Nigeria Police sha.
Go station you go see as dem use Bail Is Free do wallpaper.

Oya , show me who don ever come out for station without paying a dime, make I show you virgin for General Paint

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Web2020:
Lagos is really transforming, setting agenda for Nigeria. Fulanis actually drag this country backward because of cow. Imagine sound law from sound people. Congratulations to Lagosian, Congratulations to Sawolu.

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What stopped the rest of Southern states from following Lagos trail blazing? Your thieving elites have brainwashed you to blame everything on Fulani even when it doesn't make sense. This is how someone from Delta or Abia would ignore the coalition of armed robbers leading Thier States and still blame Fulani for their travails. Imagine Ibori in Delta still determine their destiny. Orji and sons is administering fetish oaths on every Governor. But still southern bigots have sold people in the South that there is no progress because of Fulani abeg Lagos na Fulani be their governor?

Little by little we will surely sperate ourselves from them because we are not reasoning the same way. Kudo to LSHA kudo to Lagos state government. Eko onibajẹ, O bajẹ ti!

OlujobaSamuel:
Hmmmmmmm, nice one.
Lovely bill, however, what are the mechanism put in place by the law to avoid indiscriminate arrest and love ones not knowing the whereabouts of such person, as the parade(illegal) often times help to know that someone is in police custody, eg, the oil worker arrested as IPOB member but family got to know his whereabout as a result of the parade.
Magistrates should be made to visit detention facility under its jurisdiction twice or once monthly and the visit should be impromptu to avoid relocation of suspects under custody

Some of you don't read, it is constitutional for magistrate to visit police cell, they don't do it, it is not Lagos thing, once in a blue moon they come and get explanation from police, at end of the whole thing, they will advise them to charge them to court nothing more than that...

vedaxcool:
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What stopped the rest of Southern states from following Lagos trail blazing? Your thieving elites have brainwashed you to blame everything on Fulani even when it doesn't make sense. This is how someone from Delta or Abia would ignore the coalition of armed robbers leading Thier States and still blame Fulani for their travails. Imagine Ibori in Delta still determine their destiny. Orji and sons is administering fetish oaths on every Governor. But still southern bigots have sold people in the South that there is no progress because of Fulani abeg Lagos na Fulani be their governor?

Why are you shouting? The truth can really hurt. Sorry I understand.

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Web2020:
Why are you shouting? The truth can really hurt. Sorry I understand.

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is that all?

supportnija:

Some of you don't read, it is constitutional for magistrate to visit police cell, they don't do it, it is not Lagos thing, once in a blue moon they come and get explanation from police, at end of the whole thing, they will advise them to charge them to court nothing more than that...

Pẹlẹ ooo, reader. I know it is constitutional, but I said they should be made to, meaning there should be a compulsion through the law, the law can also includes that any illegal detainee that has exceeded a number of days in detention should be discharged till whatever investigation been carried out is concluded.

Web2020:
On this, the state have the power to make laws that guide the conduct and the kind of charges Nigeria police can press against individuals. For example, some states pass a law that, kidnapping is death sentence why other is some years imprisonment. So it varies from state to state in the same country. It is normal even in the US.

Make sense then.

Good.