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Days of illegal detention might be over in Ogun State if the Government Dapo Abiodun istration makes good its plan to make available lawyers in all police stations in the State.

While launching the Ogun Public Interest Law Partnership and Police Duty Solicitor Scheme at the Obas’ Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Friday, April 23, 2021, Gov Abiodun said his istration would provide free legal services to the poor and indigent residents of the State.

According to him, “the inability of the poor and the vulnerable to have access to justice may not only cause great suffering for those affected, but could ultimately result in social and economic turmoil with dire consequences for the society.”

He, however, disclosed that his istration, through the Citizens’ Rights Department, as well as the Legal Aid Council, had thus far ed the provision of voluntary legal services to the under-privileged and the disadvantaged in the state.

He added that the scheme would be properly monitored to ensure that it was not abused by people with sufficient means to afford the services of lawyers.

He explained further that “the initiative would enable citizens seeking free legal services submit applications to the OPILP, have them matched with lawyers or law firms ed with the nearest NBA branch, as well as ensure that such applicants are provided with free legal representation”, adding that “once lawyers are assigned, they would be monitored by OPILP to ensure that they give assigned matters the requisite priority with a view to concluding them swiftly and effectively.”

Daily Post reports that the Steering Committee was inaugurated by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu at the event attended by the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun.

“The Steering Committee will comprise of the five Chairmen of the Nigerian Bar Association Branches in the State, a representative of the Justice Research Institute who would serve as ; the Chairperson of the Ogun State Chapter of FIDA; Mrs. Kemi Osisanya, and the Chairman of the Ogun State Coalition of Civil Society, Yinka Folarin, who would serve as observers, and Mr. Yemi Adewole, the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice who would serve as an auxiliary member,” the governor said.

Earlier in his address, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Akingbolahan Adeniran, disclosed that the details of the solicitors could be obtained by of the public through the Twitter handle of the ministry @ MoJ_Ogun, or at the Citizens Right Department of the ministry, as well as the five Nigeria Bar Association branch offices in the State.

Also speaking, a Magistrate, Olukemi Adebo, explained further that “the purpose of the scheme is to ensure that a lawyer is available at every police station in the state, to ensure that no one is detained illegally.”

“The initiative is to make sure that we have a lawyer on duty at every police station within the state, and the duty of the solicitor on duty at each station is to make sure that no one is unnecessarily detained, to make sure that whoever is entitled to bail secure one and also make sure that the process of statement taking is actually legit,” she said.

Adebo disclosed that the scheme currently has over 160 lawyers.

https://www.thetrentonline.com/illegal-detention-ogun-posts-lawyers-police-stations-offers-free-legal-services/

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Wao....this is good

"Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike." ~ John Wooden


Governance is simple ....if the Elected Officials put on thinking cap.

God Bless Gov. Abiodun
God Bless President Buhari
God Bless Ogun State
God Bless Yorubaland
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

This is a good news. I just hope it won't end up as just a political statement

Highly applaud able initiative by the Governor.

Good intiative... This might go a long way in reducing Prisoners on awaiting trial


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God bless governor Abiodun. You will not be harrassed after your tenure.

Police officers must definitely convert the lawyers to egunje collectors.

Love this news

Lawyers that will collect bribe and look away.


Nigeria Judiciary is a scam

Lawyers and police, who come like bribe .
Mtchw. Nonsense and Nigeria.

This is the first good news I've heard from this man, God bless you, many innocent souls are there rotten in hell by the hands of this wicked people, but i pray these so called lawyers are not the corrupt fellows also

Office of public defender, na so e suppose be

I hope the lawyers are not corrupt... Cause na like exercise in futility be that. :-D


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Nice one Give Dapo

He has been impressive lately with his policies...

They will go there and collect their own share once a new victim is caught.

Most Nigerians are very corrupt minded, lawyers or not

Useless Aphonja governor!

Na window dressing you just dey do

Nice one.
That’s some civility from the Ogun state government.

Dey go still dey collect tribe

By the time those lawyers mix with those officers, they'll follow them...

Some neighbors were illegally detained and we went there with a lawyer. The lawyer herself said that bail is not free with police when we mentioned that bail is free

She said even in filing case, they pay from table to table. Even with court officials. Corruption is really endemic

Commendable

Nice. Prayers should be up for those lawyers

Queenlovely:
charge and bail lawyer

Illiterate. Read...

Lawyer wen go them too. Pay them well first

This is a fat theoretical jargon.

By the time these lawyers receive their cits, the illegal detention will be automatically converted to a legal one.

y'all don't know what's going on......

I just dey laugh!!!!!!!

Kriss216:
Police officers must definitely convert the lawyers to egunje collectors.

Haha sure banker

How are we going to be sure of the lawyers independence? Very likely the police will influence them.