Dr Tolu Aderemi has strongly condemned the reported killing of a young Delta State indigene by a police officer, describing the incident as a grave violation of justice and human dignity, and calling for urgent institutional accountability. The legal practitioner, who currently serves as Chairman of the NBA Lagos Branch Law Reform and Monitoring Committee and is a Partner at Perchstone & Graeys, expressed deep concern over the gruesome event said to have occurred in Effurun, Delta State. The incident, which has circulated widely in a dis…
The word “extrajudicial” is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary to mean: "Outside Court; outside the functioning of the court system." The same dictionary mentioned herein defines “kill” to mean: "to end life; to cause physical death." Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed.) further defines the phrase to mean: “A killing carried out by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process.” Cambridge Dictionary defines it as: “Done without legal authority; not decided by a court of law.” …