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1 janvier 2014
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Police forces Policemen Gendarmes Cops Law enforcement officers Officers, Law enforcement Officers, Police Police officers Policing Police--Legal status, laws, etc Police service Crime--Law and legislation Crimes and misdemeanors Criminals--Legal status, laws, etc Penal law Penal codes Law, CriminalCiter ce document
Enyinna S Nwauche, « The Nigerian police force and the enforcement of religious criminal law », African Human Rights Law Journal, ID : 10670/1.o0ghjq
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The argument of this article is that the Nigerian police force is responsible by the tenor of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the enforcement of criminal law in Nigeria, whether they are religiously inspired or not. Accordingly, the Nigerian police force has a constitutional responsibility to enforce the Islamic penal codes introduced in 12 Northern Nigerian states in the wake of Nigeria's fourth republic from 1999.