Linus O. Nwauzi

Abstract: Since the creation of the Nigerian police force, a lot of legislation has conferred duties on the Nigerian Police Force. With their duties come the powers to carry out the duties. It is often said that the powers of the Nigerian Police force is as expansive as their duties. There is hardly any penal legislation in Nigeria that does not in one way or the other confer a duty on the Nigerian Police Force. Because of that there appears to be no unanimity as to the exact scope of police powers in Nigeria. The scope of the powers appears open-ended and fluid. In reality, that is not the case. There are limitations as each enactment conferring power on the police equally delimits the enforcement power of the Police. This paper set to look at the sources of police power briefly. Its main aim is to take a critical overview of the scope of Nigeria police powers, and make brief recommendations on ways to prevent abuse of power by the police in the enforcement regime.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the legal sustainability of the West African Gas Pipeline Project (WGP) in view of the disparity in the legal systems of the contracting nations of the region.