The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Adeola Ipaye, was appointed in 2011. Before the appointment, he was a senior lecturer in the Department of Commercial and Industrial Law and Sub-Dean of Law at the University of Lagos. In this interview, he speaks on the Justice Sector reform in the state, the recently introduced non-custodial sentences for minor offences, prison congestion and other sundry issues. Excerpts:
In spite of all efforts to fast track cases in court, some cases still go on for long periods, what is responsible for this and what is the way out?
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article