President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has identified frivolous appeals, alleged intimidation of judges by lawyers and judgments delivered on grounds of technicalities as some of the major challenges impeding the war against corruption in Nigeria.
According to him, until these challenges are curtailed, they will continue to hamper the speedy adjudication of corruption cases.
President Tinubu who spoke on Monday while declaring open the 6th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission/National Judicial Institute Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja, however, acknowledged that prosecution of corruption cases has improved remarkably, following the justice sector reforms in the last few years.
Represented at the event by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the President described the capacity-building workshop as a platform to collectively raise a strong voice against Nigeria’s common enemy called corruption.
VP Shettima, while delivering th