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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday said that the Nigeria Police Force would collaborate with the Nigeria Law School to promote the growth and development of legal practices within the Force and in Nigeria at large.
According to a statement by the Force Public Relation Officer, Frank Mba, this was made known recently during a courtesy call on the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School in Abuja, Tahir Mamman, by a delegation of Nigeria Police Lawyers led by the Commissioner in charge the Force Legal Section, Nwodibo Ekechukwu.
Mr. Ekechukwu, while informing Mr. Mamman of the formation of the NPF Lawyers Forum on the platform of the Nigerian Bar Association, stressed the readiness of the legal section to partner and collaborate with all stakeholders in the administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria. He noted that the NPF was desirous of a strong partnership with the school to enable police lawyers benefit from the academic programmes of the institution.
He also sought the intervention of Mr. Mamman for the participation of officers from the police legal section in workshops and seminars organised by the school and to also extend such opportunities to legal units of commands and formations of the Police sharing proximity with branches of the law school in various parts of the country.
Mr. Mamman applauded the initiative behind the visit and emphasized the need for partnership between all agencies involved in criminal justice proceedings in the country.
He also affirmed that the Nigeria Law School recognizes the important role of the police as the face of the law which informed the speed with which it has commenced the processing of accreditation of the law programme as an undergraduate discipline in the new police university.
Mr. Mamman assured the police of the readiness of the school to partner with the legal departments of the Force especially in academic discourses requiring practical knowledge of policing and criminal litigation.
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