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Those Found Guilty Of Corruption Should Not Enjoy Pardon – AGF

by Olakunle Olasanmi
11 months ago
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Those Found Guilty Of Corruption Should Not Enjoy Pardon
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said those found guilty of corruption should not enjoy state pardon.

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He also counselled law enforcement agencies against shoddy investigations, urging them to have their facts before summoning anyone for questioning.

According to Mr Kamarudeen Ogundele, Special Assistant to the President on Communication and Publicity,

Office of the AGF and Minister of Justice, the AGF spoke at a roundtable organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for state Attorneys General in Abuja on Monday.

“I will suggest in our next constitution review exercise that we expunge those found guilty of corruption from benefiting from powers of ‘Prerogative of Mercy’ to serve as a deterrent to others,” he said.

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The minister said the cooperation of all stakeholders, especially the AGs, was crucial in the fight against corruption.

Fagbemi advised the AGs to eschew nepotism, political witch-hunting, rivalry, and bigotry in the fight against corruption just because they want to please their governors.

He also said there should be no basis for rationalising corruption or crimes.

He said their legal opinions on cases must be based on the facts practised in the advanced countries, adding, “We should not give in to public sentiments. In Nigeria, we are polarised along political lines.”

The AGF advised participants and anti-graft agencies to conduct thorough investigations of cases before arresting suspects to avoid media trials.

“Let us be thorough and take our time before inviting someone for questioning. Please don’t do a shoddy job and quickly say we have caught a big fish. You will catch a big fish. If it is two or three big fish you can get in a year, and you are thorough, it is alright,” he added.

The AGF also counselled against filing bogus counts of charges against defendants just to generate frenzy in the public against the suspect.

“Nobody wants a 50-count charge. Make it five or six, and be sure. Make sure you get him (suspect) in,” he said.

 

 


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