Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has told Nigerians to stop accusing the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of disobeying court orders.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday after a round table discussion on a proposed bill on the Jury Service Act, he said rather than seek facts, Nigerians always jumped to negative conclusion whenever a judgment was passed and the accused was not released.
“In the case of Sowore, I think somebody should go and interview the DSS and find out why, instead of jumping to conclusions which are usually negative conclusions,” he said.
Sagay said he discovered that quite a number of judges were either corrupt and would therefore ignore the evidence brought or biased as they might have a relationship with the person under trial.
Executive Secretary, PACAC, Prof. Sadiq Radda, said to fight corruption and ensure a sane society, all hands must be on deck hence.
The Attorney-General of the
Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, represented by Christian
Irabor from Office of the AGF, said the Federal Government had insisted that
integrity is an important criterion for public office holders. Chairman, Senate
Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Suleiman Kwari, said
establishing the jury court would help the present administration in its fight
against corruption and other criminal offences.
