My name is Ibrahim Adamu Abdullahi Deputy Director ADR, A.B.U Law Clinic
I am a participant of this project by virtue of which it serve me as an
eye opener on the following matter.
My reflection on the case of State V. Bashir Yakubu, goes this way:
- That Bashir Yakubu was accused of raping a minor i.e a girl of 13 years old.
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That some time 2016 the girl and her mother came to his apartment when
he is washing his clothes during the day time and the mother pointed her
finger on him and she left.
- That Bashir is a carpenter by
profession and when he closed for the day around 10:00pm upon reaching
home, he sees a number of people at the front of the house and upon his
arrival they start beating him till he became unconscious.
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That he was taken to A.BU Teaching Hospital Shika, and when he regain
consciousness he asked of what is the problem and police were called
where he was taken to Samaru Police Station.
- That he was
informed at the police station that he rape a girl of which he denied
doing so, then the police called the complainant and she came with the
victim and in the station even the girl could not say I commented such
crime.
- That the mother pointed at me and said I am the one who rape her daughter and I denied.
- That after a while I was transferred to Area Command Police station where I spend four months.
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That at the police station I requested that medical check up should be
conducted in other to know whether I commit the offense being charge of
or not, but Suprisingly the mother said no because I use stick to commit
the said offence.
- That I was taken to court where I was ask by the police to admit committing the offence.
- That when the F.I.R was read to me and I was asked to enter a plea and I pleaded not guilty.
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That from Magistrate court Chediya I was taken to Zaria Prison and once
again I was taken to court where I was informed that the case was
transferred to Magistrate court Kofar Fada.
I therefore submitted that the work of NULAI is a good one and I urge
them to keep it up, because it's only God who knows how many thousands
of Nigerias their project is touching, I was an acting clinician when
the programme of NULAI too place that was ended in 2016 i.e Freedom of
information Act which is also very very educative, but this project
Prison Free-trial conjection that touches the life most.
Observation from the cited case above I come to observe the followings:-
1.
Up to know our people have the Eliteracy of taken laws in their hands,
without allowing the appropriate authority to take charge of any
suspect.
2. I don't any any statute that permit the police to
keep a suspect in their custody for morethan 24 hours without being
tried in the court of law of competent jurisdiction.
3. It's triet that any criminal offence must be prove beyond reasonable doubt.
By way of conclusion NULAI to me is the elephant of all being an NGO
but it's programes is of paramount important because it touches life of
humanity.
I therefore suggest to NULAI to carry on a
prommame title LET THE LAW DEFEND because most of Nigerians both in
rural and urban area apply the law of jungle in addressing issues at
hand, I do believe that the said topic if it will be project it will
save the life and property of ma
ny
Nigerians. Because it's in Nigeria that a thief will be chase he may
escape along the line but an innocent person may match his foot step and
he will be kill without investigation.
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