The office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State will continue to partner with the Niger State Police Command to ensure the speedy dispensation of criminal Justice, in the state.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State Nasara Danmallam gave the assurance during a courtesy visit to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas in his office in Minna, during the week.
He said the State Ministry of Justice in has an outstanding existing working relationship with the Niger State Police Command under previous leadership of the command assuring that his ministry would continue to build on the already established relationship towards achieving the collective responsibility of administration of criminal Justice in the State.
According to the Attorney General, the Police as a critical stakeholder in the administration of criminal Justice, the need for the State Ministry of Justice to synergize with the Police cannot be overemphasize, stressing that the Command should always feel free to approach his office for support that will enhance the quick administration of criminal Justice.
He noted that successive Commissioners of Police in the state have been working in partnership with the State Police Command and the partnership has yided the needed result in the prosecution of capital offences and securing overwhelming conviction requesting the Commissioner of Police to prevail on his investigating teams to continue to maintain that performance.
The Ministry of Justice under his leadership has so far secured substantial numbers of conviction of capital offences of rapes, culpable homicide, kidnapping,armed robbery among other heinous crimes within the last four months this according to him was attributed to the cordiality that exist between the ministry of Justice and the state command.
He then admonished the Commissioner of police to continue to build on the already harmonious working relationship with the state Ministry of Justice inorder to ensure perfect administration of criminal Justice system in Niger State at all times.
Responding, the Commissioner of Police in Niger State, Mr. Monday Bala Kuryas commended the the Attorney general for the visit which he described as timely.
He told the visiting Attorney general that the command under his leadership has a Paramount responsibility to partner with the office of the Attorney general to ensure the speedy dispensation of criminal Justice in the state.
He assured the Commissioner of Justice of his preparedness to work with the ministry of Justice bring criminal minded element to face Justice stating that the police as a critical stakeholders in Justice system will not in any way compromise in ensuring that criminal elements in the state were made to face the full wrath of the law.
He further assured the Attorney General that his command will continue to request the legal unit of the State Command to always work with the Ministry of Justice toward making case files available to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), in the Ministry of Justice for speedy legal opinion for proper prosecution of offenders.
