Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences
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Research Article

Law Enforcement in Nigeria by the Police Force and the Travails of Rule of Law

Terry Andrews Odisu^*

School of Marine Technology, Burutu, Delta State, Nigeria

*Corresponding Author:

Terry Andrews Odisu
School of Marine Technology, Burutu, Delta State, Nigeria
Tel: 08030720991
E-mail: terryodisu@hotmail.com

Received Date: May 10, 2016; Accepted Date: August 01, 2016; Published Date: August 10, 2016

Citation: Odisu TA (2016) Law Enforcement in Nigeria by the Police Force and the Travails of Rule of Law. J Civil Legal Sci 5: 204. doi: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000204

Copyright: © 2016 Odisu TA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Nigerians are increasingly losing hope and confidence in the nation’s police force because of the unethical conduct of some of its operatives. Some of the actions of the Nigerian Police Force have brought embarrassment to the nation. Cases of bribery or extortion and extra-judicial murder are on the increase. The paper looks at the poor outing of the police and how it impedes the rule of law. Through direct and indirect observations, it is established that the rule of law has been disastrously negated by the unprofessional attitude of the largely ineffectual police force. It is recommended that the minimum entry qualification into the Force should be HND.

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