Sagay
By Jeremiah Urowayino
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay has said that his committee will recommend to the government how the judiciary can be empowered to be more effective in the war against corruption, saying whatever we may do may not cover the conduct of a judge who is corrupt and want to be corrupt.
Speaking yesterday during a media parley in Lagos, Sagay said, “PACAC’s greatest achievement is in building the capacity of anti-corruption agencies to do their jobs.
‘We gave them training on prosecution, training on drawing up charges and we assembled experts from all over the world to produce a manual on how they shall do their work.
“We trained judges also on how to deal with corrupt cases. We got judges from Canada, Ghana, and various countries in the world who are involved in corruption cases to come to Nigeria to discuss with their colleagues how to handle corruption cases.
Also speaking during the media parley, a member of PACAC who is also a Professor of Criminology, at the University of Jos, Prof. E. Alemika, said the presidential pardon granted to Mr. Joshua Dariye and Mr. Jolly Nyame, former governors of Plateau State and Taraba State respectively, who were convicted and sentenced to jail over corrupt offences caused a lot of pains for members of the anti-corruption community in Nigeria.
“Everybody that was involved in the anti-corruption fight was pained by the pardon granted to Dariye and Nyame. But unfortunately, that was a decision that went through the highest body in the country, the Council of States.
“How come no one spotted it in the Council of State in which all former chief justices of Nigeria were present, alongside all former heads of state and all incumbent governors were present. What happened? That is the question we should be asking ourselves.
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Last modified: March 9, 2023
