COVID-19: Lagos CJ orders courts not to remand suspects in prison except for capital offences
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Mar 24, 2020
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba has directed courts in the state not to remand suspects in correctional facilities, except those charged with non-bailable offences.
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Justice Alogba all courts handling criminal matters in the state to reject any police application seeking to remand suspects for bailable offences.
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The CJ authorised courts to grant remand orders only in cases of of serious crimes such as terrorism, murder or armed robbery and other non-bailable offences.
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Most of these offences carry the death penalty.
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He gave the directive on Monday night in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar Mrs D. T. Olatokun.
He said the directive is in tandem with a recent statement of the Inspector-General of Police directing policemen not to detain suspects in their cells except in cases of these high crimes.
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"The directive shall continue for an initial period of 14 days or until further directive is issued,ÔÇØ the CJ said.
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Justice Alogba further ordered in another statement signed by Ms Olatokun that all criminal cases at Magistrates' Courts should be handled at the headquarters of each magisterial division.
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