Daily Law Tips (Tip 382) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM. ACIArb(UK)
This tip is better titled as “What Police Must Obtain From Any Person That Arrests A Suspect and Hands Such Suspect to Police”.
Thought any human being in Nigeria, has powers and rights to arrest a suspect in Nigeria, such suspect must immediately be handed over to a police officer or taken to the nearest police station.
When any person hands over an arrested suspect to police, the police officer must obtain the some information from the person that made the arrest and same must be entered into the Crime Diary once the suspect is taken to a police station. Below are the information that must be obtained from any person that made an arrest;
1. Name of such person
2. Residential Address and
3. Other particulars of such person
4. Date, Time and Circumstances of the arrest such a person made
5. Written Witness Statement of facts and circumstances of the arrest made by such a person.
My authorities are sections 23(4) and (5), 494 and 495 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and other similar laws across States in Nigeria.
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