International records / OpenAlex research

Locating Criminal Persecution in Nigeria: The Lawyer and The Citizen

The asymmetric relationship between a lawyer and a citizen is sometimes disturbing. Left to chance, the oppression of the citizen by the lawyer can be cited in Nigeria with relative ease. In the rural Emu in Delta State incidences of trials tilting toward persecution had be fingered. The citizen was at the mercy of the lawyer who frequently resorted to his unique position to trigger legal process against the citizen because of pre-existing misunderstanding. This study adopted the content analysis of court processes involving the parties. It found that due to relative social inequality the citi…