14(2) “A person who has the custody of an arrested suspect shall give the suspect reasonable facilities for obtaining legal advice, access to communication for taking steps to furnish bail, and otherwise making arrangements for his defence or release” 17(1) “Where a suspect is arrested on allegation of having committed an offence, his statement shall be taken, if he so wishes to make a statement”. (2) “such statement may be taken in the presence of a legal practitioner of his choice, or where he has no legal practitioner of his choice, in the presence of an officer of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria or an official of a civil society organization or a justice of the pace or any other person of his choice. Provided that the legal practitioner or any other person mentioned in this sub-section shall not interfere while the suspect is making his statement, 47 except for the