Question: I was driving to last Sunday and was stopped by the police around Surulere in Lagos. I have all my papers and my licence so I wasn’t worried. The policeman said he was stopping me because I was smoking while driving and that he would arrest me and I...
Writing a Petition to the EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is the organisation in Nigeria charged with the investigation and prosecution of fraud based crimes in Nigeria. The EFCC was created in 2007, and since then has become the ‘eagle’ for...
1. Definition of Bail Bail can be defined as the process whereby a person accused or being charged for the commission of an offence is released by the constituted authority who is detaining him, on the condition that he will appear or report to a police station or...
Does the Police have the right to stop and search? The Police Act in Section 29, states that a police officer ‘…may detain and search any person whom he reasonably suspects of having in his possession or conveying in any manner anything which he has reason...
No Case Submission in Nigeria In Nigeria, whenever a person is charged with an offence, the person (referred to as the accused) can either plead guilty or not guilty. If the accused pleads not guilty for that offence, it is the duty of the Prosecution to provide...
Can LASTMA officials arrest me? LASTMA officials, like other law enforcement agents have the power to arrest individuals who are suspected of committing road offences. If a LASTMA official, arrests you for a road traffic offence; you can either: Accept liability and...
