The National Industrial Court in Abuja has directed the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that qualified police lawyers are deployed to police stations across the country, while also stopping police officers outside the Specialist Legal Cadre from representing the Force in civil cases.
The ruling was delivered by Justice O. Y. Anuwe in a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) against the Police Service Commission and other parties.
This judgment settles a long-standing dispute over the role of police officers who were initially recruited as General Duty Officers but later obtained law degrees and became legal practitioners without being formally transferred to the Police Force’s Specialist Legal Cadre.
According to details released by the NBA on Saturday, the court held that such officers cannot continue to perform legal duties or appear in civil proceedings on behalf of the Nigeria Police Force unless they are properly appointed or
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