NGA Nigerian court has ruled that police officers who are not part of the Specialist Legal Cadre cannot represent the Nigeria Police Force in civil cases, even if they are qualified lawyers. The decision came in a lawsuit initiated by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which argued that many police officers who earned law degrees were not properly converted into legal officers as required by law. The court mandated that the Police Service Commission and the Inspector-General of Police deploy at least one legal officer to every police station nationwide, in accordance with the Police Act 2020. The ruling emphasized that allowing non-specialist police lawyers to appear in court violates professional conduct rules and undermines the legal profession’s standards.
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