Lawyers divided on creation of Special Courts on corruption
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Lawyers yesterday expressed divergent views on the Federal Government’s bid to establish special courts for corruption and related offences.
The bill, sent to the National Assembly by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), is entitled: A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of a Special Crimes Court as a superior court of record to allow for speedy trials of certain offences, including economic and financial crimes, terrorism, money laundering and corruption offences and for related matters.
A Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Emeka Ngige, constitutional lawyer Ike Ofuokwu and Director, Prisoners Rights Advocacy Initiative (PRAI), Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem, said the bill was welcome.
But, another SAN, Ahmed Raji, and former Lagos Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mr Alex Muoka, said such a court would amount to duplication and waste of resources...
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