President Bola Tinubu has said that that unless the challenges of frivolous appeals, alleged intimidation of judges by lawyers and judgments delivered on grounds of technicalities are curtailed, the war on corruption will be imperiled in the country.
Noting the challenges will continue to hamper the speedy adjudication of corruption cases, he however, acknowledged that prosecution of corruption cases has improved remarkably, following the justice sector reforms in the last few years. President Tinubu spoke today while declaring open the 6th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission/National Judicial Institute Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja.
Represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the President described the capacity-building workshop as a platform to collectively raise a strong voice against Nigeria’s common enemy called corruption.
Shettima, while delivering the President’s speech at the event, stated: “There is no gainsaying the fact that the judiciary is central to the success of the anticorruption efforts the commitment, courage and patriotism of judicial officers are ingredients that make the difference in the fight against corruption.
Though I am aware that prosecution of corruption matters has improved in the light of the justice sector reforms in the last few years, we are not oblivious of some challenges that continue to impede the speedy adjudication of corruption cases they include frivolous applications and appeals, meant to delay the trial, intimidation of judges by counsel, and judgment based not on the facts of cases but on technicalities”.
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