Criminal Torture And The Nigeria Police Cell System In The Criminal Investigation Process In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0    Introduction In most countries, it has been accepted that democracy is the only system of government that seeks to protect individual liberty and guarantee the fundamental rights of all. The pursuit of these rights is however not absolute as there exist state institutions like the police whose mandate is to maintain law and order and curtail the citizenry‟s excesses within constitutional means hence:[1] Police power is the exercise of the sovereign right of government to promote order, safety, health, morals, general welfare within constitutional limi…