Achieving Quick, Fair and Effective Administration of Criminal Justice in Ondo State Under OSACJL 2015: The Role of The Police

Abstract

To succeed, a system of criminal justice administration largely depends on how effective agencies created by law to administer criminal justice are in executing their statutory duties. The administration of criminal justice in Nigeria grapples with several challenges; such as: delays in administering criminal justice, human rights deficits, dearth of data of arrested accused persons and convicted suspects; horrible plight of awaiting trial detainees and challenges of case management, among others. Since Nigeria is a Federal state and agencies administering criminal justice are mostly unified-and not decentralized – particularly; in the context of this paper, the Nigeria Police Force –the problem of delay in dispensation of criminal justice is a national problem. This paper X-rays the provisions of the new Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Ondo State, 2015, analyzing how the provisions of the Law could assist the police in the state in achieving quick, fair and effective administration of criminal justice. It also looked into how the police in Ondo State can work towards the success of new law.

Keywords: Administration of criminal justice, system of criminal justice administration, Law of Administration of criminal justice, Nigeria Police Force.