Matters of The Nigerian Bar

MAGISTRATE ON POLICE STATION VISIT FORCED OUT OF POLICE STATION AT IKORODU AT GUNPOINT ON ORDERS OF THE AREA COMMANDER.

Wednesday 27th July 2022.  The Magistrate on her monthly visit to the police detention facility at Area N Command was forced out of the Police Station by the Area Commander. Volunteers from the NBA Ikorodu branch in partnership with Duty Solicitors Network in their report recount the incidence: "... The magistrate requested the presence of one Emmanuel Olukeji, the IPO said he was with the Area Commander. While we were waiting, the Area Commander (AC) suddenly bounced on us. The AC aggressively confronted the Magistrate and was shouting a…