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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has decried the “prolonged delay” in the country’s criminal prosecution process.<\/p>\n

This was stated on Thursday by the IGP during\u00a0a media briefing at the presidential villa in the federal capital territory (FCT).<\/p>\n

According to Baba, there are over 20,000 active criminal cases in court following arrests by the police.<\/p>\n

He added that it takes a \u201clonger time\u201d to get a suspect convicted.<\/p>\n

He said the criminal justice system of the country places the burden of proof on the accuser rather than the accused, adding that the court processes that involve tendering of evidence by the accuser is \u201clong\u201d.<\/p>\n

The police boss who cited the case of a suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike better known as Evans said\u00a0the court processes before conviction are necessary, but noted that the country must also consider speeding up the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvans is not with the police, Evans is undergoing prosecution. He is in prison. He is being detained at the instance of the court and the case is going on. That is one of the things I\u2019m saying. This is celebrated, that is why you know. On a monthly and weekly basis, we charge suspects that are accused of either committing armed robbery, banditry or kidnapping to court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the process of getting the person convicted takes a longer time. We have cases in supreme court; we have cases in federal high courts; we have cases in the magistrate courts \u2014 over 20,000 active cases nationwide. Not kidnapping<\/a>, generally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know our court process. If you just go to any of the French speaking countries, if a person is accused of being a thief, he is the one that would defend himself and say I am not a thief.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Nigeria, if you accuse a person of stealing, even if you found him with a stolen item in his hands, he will tell you he is not a thief. It is you that will prove that he is a thief.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process has evidence, tendering of evidence and so on. Look at murder cases, look at cases of gender violence like rape, they will ask you to produce expert opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to conduct one case of post-mortem examination on a dead body, it will cost you not less than N2 million, and if you don\u2019t have that as part of the report indicating that this person died as a result of this and this, your case can be punctured.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a case of rape, how many people \u2014 mothers, fathers and daughters \u2014 will allow the process of rape to be subjected to that examination in court and bringing the result to the court and telling the court this is how it happened or bringing the bedsheets and pants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are processes that prolong our prosecution system but they are necessary so the accused has a lot of advantage in drawing the case further.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to explore the quickest possible means of dispensing justice and that has been an issue. Justice delayed is justice denied. We have accepted that fact but we have not been making efforts to improve the quickest means of dispensing justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has decried the “prolonged delay” in the country’s criminal prosecution process. This was stated on Thursday by the IGP during\u00a0a media briefing at the presidential villa in the federal capital territory (FCT). 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