Nigerian laws not strong enough to back anti-corruption fight – CISLAC

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Nigerian laws not strong enough to back anti-corruption fight – CISLAC

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An anti-corruption group, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has declared that the fight against corruption in Nigeria is being stifled by laws favouring accused persons.Kolawole Banwo who is the group’s senior programme officer, Kolawole Banwo said this in an interview with newsmen.Banwo’s statement was in reaction to the recent events that have seen high-profile corruption cases suffer in the judiciary.He said laws in Nigeria were complicated, thereby making it easy for lawyers to take advantage of the loopholes.Banwo advised the EFCC, the ICPC and others to make sure investigations were thorough before going to court to avoid these half measures at the Judiciary.He also said that the group was not surprised that the Code of Conduct Tribunal discharged Senate President Bukola Saraki as the leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu got similar favour.“Generally, the laws in our country favours accused persons. You are presumed innocent until you are proven guilty and the law is so complicated that it leaves many loopholes and technicalities with which smart lawyers can get accused persons off the hook.“Those laws were not made today. They have been there. That is why you see lawyers taking advantage of our weak laws. So what we can do is to amend these laws.“If Tinubu was let off the hook based on some certain technicalities, why shouldn’t Saraki be discharged.“In all, we expect the EFCC and other anti-graft agencies to carry out more investigation before going to court because they seem to be in a hurry and they end up making mistakes,” Banwo concluded.

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