This article highlights the impropriety of seeking Justice through the mechanism of the Nigerian Police rather than through the Law Courts in civil matters. Here, I throw a beam of light on the Nigerian Police as a “Kangaroo Court.”
One of my first observations when I kickstarted my practice as a Legal Practitioner, was the incessant menace of the Nigerian Police, meddling into pure civil transactions.
This article will emphasize the reasons why socio-economic rights, which are enshrined in chapter two of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999, should be moved to chapter four, for the benefit of justiciability of the rights in any court of competent jurisdiction and the human well-being in Nigeria, as a way to tackle national insecurity and the agitation for division in Nigerian.
In principle, Husbands and wives should not seek divorce without making serious efforts at reconciliation amongst themselves. They are expected to sit and discuss together. Attempts at reconciliation may involve arbitration, whether formal or informal because Muslim law prefers reconciliation to adjudication.
