Femi Falana has chided the Police Force for its
practice of parading suspects before the media
- He describes the act as illegal; and noted that only
the poor and the less-privileged are usually victims
- He also lauded the recent abolition of stay of
proceedings in criminal trials, by the Supreme Court
Foremost lawyer and human rights campaigner,
Femi Falana (SAN) has stated that the media
parade of suspects by the Nigerian Police Force is
illegal.
He made the comments at that Civil Society
Roundtable on Administration of Criminal Justice
Act and the Abolition of Stay of Proceedings in
Criminal Trials, which was organised by the
Human and Environmental Development Agenda
(HEDA), Vanguard reports.
adegokblog .com gathers that Falana faulted the practice;
pointing out that it is capable of subverting the
justice system. He also noted that only the poor
and the less-privileged are usually victims of the
‘illegal act’.
He stated: “You don’t parade the big men; you don’t
parade politically-exposed persons. You only parade the
poor.”
The legal luminary further lauded the recent
abolition of stay of proceedings in criminal trials,
by the Supreme Court.
According to him, stay of proceedings was a
crooked and unethical method deployed by some
lawyers to delay criminal trials of the powerful
and the well-connected in the society.
In his words: “It is a class matter; it does not apply to
the poor in magistrate and customary courts.”
Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that
Femi Falana said that contrary to the claim by
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and some of its leaders, there was nothing wrong
with the listing of looters by the federal
government.
He made the comment at the Second Forum of
the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, which was
organized by the Human and Environmental
Development Agenda.
According to the legal luminary, that there was
nothing wrong with naming treasury looters, if
the Police could parade common men for petty
crimes.
practice of parading suspects before the media
- He describes the act as illegal; and noted that only
the poor and the less-privileged are usually victims
- He also lauded the recent abolition of stay of
proceedings in criminal trials, by the Supreme Court
Foremost lawyer and human rights campaigner,
Femi Falana (SAN) has stated that the media
parade of suspects by the Nigerian Police Force is
illegal.
He made the comments at that Civil Society
Roundtable on Administration of Criminal Justice
Act and the Abolition of Stay of Proceedings in
Criminal Trials, which was organised by the
Human and Environmental Development Agenda
(HEDA), Vanguard reports.
adegokblog .com gathers that Falana faulted the practice;
pointing out that it is capable of subverting the
justice system. He also noted that only the poor
and the less-privileged are usually victims of the
‘illegal act’.
He stated: “You don’t parade the big men; you don’t
parade politically-exposed persons. You only parade the
poor.”
The legal luminary further lauded the recent
abolition of stay of proceedings in criminal trials,
by the Supreme Court.
According to him, stay of proceedings was a
crooked and unethical method deployed by some
lawyers to delay criminal trials of the powerful
and the well-connected in the society.
In his words: “It is a class matter; it does not apply to
the poor in magistrate and customary courts.”
Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that
Femi Falana said that contrary to the claim by
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and some of its leaders, there was nothing wrong
with the listing of looters by the federal
government.
He made the comment at the Second Forum of
the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, which was
organized by the Human and Environmental
Development Agenda.
According to the legal luminary, that there was
nothing wrong with naming treasury looters, if
the Police could parade common men for petty
crimes.
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