OBSCURELEGALFACTS BY AROME ABU

In Nigeria, where a prison inmate dies or suffers serious bodily injury, the prison authority shall:

● Investigate the cause of death/injury;
● inform his Next of Kin, Police and the Court;
● inform the Comptroller of Prison who shall notify the Minister of Interior.

Where the death or injury is caused by the unlawful action of a correction service officer, the correctional service shall pay adequate compensation to the victim or family and in the case of death, all expenditure related to burial rites.

See Section 32 of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act.

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Arome Abu is the Principal Partner of TCLP.

CAVEAT: Note that this information is provided for general enlightenment purposes and is not intended to be any form of legal advice.

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