The Nigerian police force is described as murderous and corrupt by a Canadian court, which denies former officer asylum.

 

The Nigeria Police Force's participation in extrajudicial killings, torture, and summary executions of detainees in detention, among other heinous human rights violations, is "overwhelming," Federal Court in Ottawa, Canada, When Charles Ukoniwe, a former operative of the infamous MOPOL squad, applied for refuge, the Court revealed this.

The decision came after Ukoniwe requested a court review of the immigration department of the North American country, which had refused him refuge for his probable involvement in crimes while serving as a police officer in Nigeria, according to Peoples Gazette.

Judge Patrick Gleeson stated that all Nigerians who voluntarily accede to the Police Force of Nigeria despite the fact that the person who committed horrendous crimes often associated with the NPF, would be guilty, through association before the Canadian judiciary and the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees.

The judge decided that any anyone who knowingly engages in a crime-related organization or regime would not get protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention was the case of former congolese envoy to the UN, Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola, in which the Supreme Court of Canada ruled.