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THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF CRIMINALISATION OF TORTURE IN NIGERIA: A DESIDERATUM
ABSTRACT
The use of torture as a mechanism of extortion and a routine method of interrogating persons suspected of having committed criminal offences has assumed an alarming proportion. In Nigeria, security operatives particularly the police, adopts torture for obtaining confessional statements. The country is yet to adopt the United Nations Convention Against Torture 1987. This paper explores the nature and use of torture by the state and private entities in Nigeria and, evaluates the constitutional standpoint thereof. It presents arguments for the necessity of criminalising torture in line with instruments adopted by the international legal community and the criminal statutes enacted by many jurisdictions.
Keywords: Torture, Confession, Convention, Criminalisation.