FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA V. OSAHON (2006)
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- Supreme Court of Nigeria
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A summary of the Supreme Court decision on the competence of police officers to prosecute in the Federal High Court, addressing constitutional and statutory law
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- Constitutional supremacy
- Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
- attorney-general’s power to institute, take over and discontinue prosecutions
- conflict between statutory provisions
- criminal prosecution in the federal high court
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- meaning of “any” in statutory interpretation
- meaning of “subject to”