According to Punch,President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced the process of identifying a few fearless and courageous judges who will be saddled with the responsibility of prosecuting persons who have been found to have stolen national resources.
The prosecution would not be open to “just any judge.”
It was learnt that the President was committed to ensuring that only judges who would expedite action on the cases and would be fearless in discharging their duties would be enlisted for the prosecution.
Punch sources revealed that that was one of the assignments Buhari gave to the Prof. Itse Sagay-led Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption which he set up on Monday.
The source said it would not be necessary to set up special courts to try corruption cases since efforts were already underway to identify judges that would key into the President’s dream of ensuring that no looter was left unpunished.
He said, “We do not need to entertain any fear that the prosecution of corruption-related cases will not be fast enough because many of our courts are already weighed down by many cases.
Punch also gathered that Buhari was already considering withdrawing national honours from any individual found to have looted the nation’s treasury.
It was learnt that the President’s position was that the nation should not be seen to be honouring any fraudulent person.
Edited from Punch.
Abeg when will Buhari face the power situation?
ReplyDeleteIt's sickening oh. Nothing makes me sad each day as much as the absence of power. You will practically go deaf/broke if you put on gen everyday.
Come take some light @Bianca we ve got plenty of power supply in phc!
DeleteErmm Bianca baby, will he turn to money to fix the power situation. They r telling u people that the previous govt looted over 6trillion dollars,not Naira oo. If Buhari does not recover even half of that money, how will he do anything. Tufiakwa unu
DeleteWch area u dey? Na only ur side e go be b dt o,sorry oo...
DeleteWhich part of the country are you? @Bianca
DeleteMy area get light like say we thief am.
DeleteBianca which area u dey cos we hv had constant electricity n when they take it its just for a few mins
DeleteI love your response Bibi Bugzy!
DeleteYes o I agree
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ReplyDeleteBut they must not be exclusively hausa fulani muslim judges
And the "victims" must not be only Christians from the south South or south east.
There are corrupt govt officials in every in region of this country. No region should be excluded.
I aglee
DeleteYou will not go far in life with this attitude you display on here. I hope for your sake, this is all an act. How many of the current crop of politicians awaiting trial are from the south? Why havent you and your ilk complained about the ones from thw northern part of the country.
DeleteGood one PMB , all d looters of our national resources n treasury will b shitting in their pants now . Beam ur light in my Agency NESREA ,we hv not been paid our promotion allowance for three years & some months now ( Dec. 2011 till date ) , & record shows that we hv been paid . Our DG completed ha tenure in 2014 & ran to America immediately Jonathan lost .
ReplyDelete@ anon 07:43, are u serious ? Nigeria was really in a state of mess.
DeleteGbam!!! Goodmorn Stella and dear bvs.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what nigerians need integrity, and no nonsense judges
ReplyDeleteLong time coming. God be with u Mr President and all lovers of Nigeria.
DeleteThe one that reported Aregbe should be considered.
ReplyDeleteKikikikikiki. Such a witty comment
DeleteThey should probe former Governor of Abia state T. A. Orji. Goodluck gave the people of Abia deaf ears and allowed him to loot and rubbish the state, then rigged election and became a Senator for immunity to cover him. God pls come to Abia people's rescue.
ReplyDeleteLeave Jona alone.
DeleteUnu enweghi Ike igba Orji ugbo nwa mkpi?
There is a contradiction in the report.
ReplyDelete"The source said it would not be necessary to set up special courts to try corruption cases since efforts were already underway to identify judges that would key into the President’s dream of ensuring that no looter was left unpunished.
He said, “We do not need to entertain any fear that the prosecution of corruption-related cases will not be fast enough because many of our courts are already weighed down by many cases.."
If the courts are already weighed down by many cases, won't it affect corruption cases too?
The special court is the best with incorruptible judges.
Hnmmm
ReplyDeleteWe are about witnessing better Nigeria in the coming months and years. A country we all will be proud of after PMB presidency, looting our common wealth will soon be minimal not business as usual.
ReplyDelete@jaymore.
DeleteYes, a better Nigeria with the continued depreciation in the value of the naira and hyper inflation.
Money maker receive sense
DeleteI wouldn't want to be in J's shoes now.
ReplyDeleteChei,I miss my PH ooooo.
........and my boli,ukpaka n roasted fish n Mummy B sauce.
(all "cheffed" by Mummy B,B for Boma).
I just hope they won't be convicted on the front pages of newspaper but prison, Mr president do one tin at a time.
ReplyDeleteGbam! PMB has spoken, this is one of the reasons we voted you in, a fearless president who can tackle corruption I pray God continue to be with Mr president
ReplyDeleteGood morning fellow bv's
Amen ! He is a great president. Nigeria will be great again. Can't wait for the names of looters to start dropping
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ReplyDeleteGood one!!!!
Good morning blog fam
Goodmorning
DeleteI love my president!
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Its pathetic that he wants to do both his executive duties and judicial duties as well. It is not in his place at all to fish for incorruptible judges, it should b left for d judicial arm. For goodness sakes try and uphold the principles of separation of power. These people are presumed to b innocent until proven guilt and don't try to intimidate or cajole judges/influence dem unduly into convicting dem in the absence of a credible evidence simply becos u feel dey looted d treasury or becos u want them to key into ur corruption battle or u want to make nigerians believe u are d messaiah and dont create an impression that anything short of conviction means something transpired. Gather ur facts n leave d judiciary to do the needful abeg. Let justice prevail.
ReplyDeleteBuhari stop the talk n do the needful, with you behind any judge appointed to try any body the process should be smooth or are you saying there re sacred COWS in this country? If the pple on trail re guilty with evidence even Gej will be happy to see them go down except its a witch hunt yoi want to emback on.
ReplyDeleteNice one, another 4years wit GEJ could Av b hell. Glory b to GOD
ReplyDeleteMustapha woman go to school. You are obviously uneducated.
ReplyDeleteWhich constant light? If my meat spoil, all the APC Bvs must pay for it.
ReplyDeleteThat's another problem, he will keep listing them till this year finishes. Was telling someone that not having the list of corrupt officers is the problem but taking them to Court(s) with same Naija judges to preside over the issue is even the bigger problem.
We hope he finds them...na naija we de o!
ReplyDelete#WeAreWatching!
The wisdom our president needs God will give him. This nation will be heal from bad leadership in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't need to appoint Judges, let him be the judge himself.The only thing we hear is he is looking for people who are not "kworupt". After all they know how much was stolen, they know the bank keeping the said money, US has given them the names of the corrupt people, so I don't even know what they are waiting for.
ReplyDeleteThis would be like looking for a needle in the hay stack.sorry mission im possible.
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