BENIN CITY – The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Mohammed has stressed the need for investigators and prosecutors to be more discreet and thorough in their duties towards ensuring convictions in
cases charged to court in the state.
CP Mohammed stated this during a two-dayTraining Workshop For Divisional Police Officers (DPO) on the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Edo state 2016, organized by Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ROLAC) in Benin city, yesterday.
The Edo COMPOL, represented by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ayo Faniyon at the event.
“The Act (Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Edo state) in broad terms has shifted the goal of criminal justice by focusing on the needs of the society, the victims, vulnerable persons and human dignity by repealing those provisions in our criminal laws that have been subjected to all forms of abuses”. He remarked.
On her part, ROLAC Programme Coordinator in the State, Melissa Omene said the training was organized in view of what the state government had done with criminal justice, adding, there will be more trainings in other areas for the command.
The Edo ROLAC Programme Coordinator further added that, the training would avail prosecutors and investigators in the command the opportunity to brainstorm and share experiences.
Also, representative of Edo State Justice Reform Team, Justice Efe Ikponmwoba noted, the need for training and retraining cannot be overemphasized especially for the participants.
Justice Ikponmwoba who charged them to conduct thorough investigation before prosecution, maintained that confessional statements could be thrown out in court.
Meanwhile, there was an overview of the provisions of the Law, especially the innovations in the Law in relation to police duties with particular reference to investigations and prosecutions.
