EFCC Has No Power Of Arrest, Detention – Fredrick Awkadigwe

Federal and states legislatures make ordinary laws establishing government authorities, and conferring on them with the power to arrest and/or detain civilians, even in periods during which there is not in force a Proclamation of a state of emergency declared by the President of Nigeria. The objective of this work is to ascertain whether the federal legislatures have the constitutional legislative powers and matters, to establish and confer on the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the statutory power of arrest and detention of civilians in periods of no…

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