Nigeria, July 12 -- The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered prohibitted lawyers in the Nigeria Police Force who are not appointed as legal officers in the force to stop prosecuting criminal cases.

The judge, Olufunke Anuwe, declared in her judgement delivered on Friday "that police officers who are lawyers but not appointed or upgraded as legal officers in the Nigeria Police Force are in breach of the provisions of Rule 8(1) and (2) of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023, by their actions of functioning and performing the duties of legal officers, other than the duties of prosecution of criminal cases, for their employer."

The judge also ordered the police force, Police Service Commission ...