FG to set up special courts to try corruption cases - Osinbajo

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May 29, 2017 8:58 AM

Osinbajo also said that Buhari's administration will make sure that all stolen funds will be accounted for.

Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government will set up specific courts for the trial of corruption cases.

He also highlighted some steps that the Federal Government has taken to curb corruption.

Osinbajo said “We are also institutionalizing safeguards and deterrents. We have expanded the coverage of the Treasury Single Account (TSA). We have introduced more efficient accounting and budgeting systems across the Federal Government. We have also launched an extremely successful Whistleblower Policy.”

“In the fight against corruption, we have focused on bringing persons accused of corruption to justice. We believe that the looting of public resources that took place in the past few years has to be accounted for. Funds appropriated to build roads, railway lines, and power plants, and to equip the military, that had been stolen or diverted into private pockets, must be retrieved and the culprits brought to justice.

“Many have said that the process is slow, and that is true, corruption has fought back with tremendous resources and our system of administration of justice has been quite slow. But the good news for justice is that our law does not recognize a time bar for the prosecution of corruption and other crimes, and we will not relent in our efforts to apprehend and bring corruption suspects to justice.

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“We are also re-equipping our prosecution teams, and part of the expected judicial reforms is to dedicate some specific courts to the trial of corruption cases,” he added.

Yemi Osinbajo is currently in charge of running the affairs of the nation till President Buhari returns from his medical trip abroad.

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