The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has submitted to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami its draft document on the establishment of special courts that will handle cases of corruption and some other serious crimes.The draft document which was submitted on Thursday will have Malami minute on it for further action and its eventual transmission to the National Assembly.
On the draft document and establishment of courts that will be established to deal with special cases speedily, Sagay said, “We have completed a draft on special crimes’ court. It is very comprehensive. These courts, when finally the draft goes through all the legal processes, will have jurisdiction over economic and financial crimes, corruption cases, narcotic drug cases, money laundering cases and cybercrime cases. That is the proposal.
“There will be special courts and they will have advantage of speed in dealing with cases. So all together, as a committee, our aim, target and objective is to create institutions in which all corruption cases will see effective investigation, effective prosecution, speedy adjudication and effective sanctions and we hope that at the end of our work, long after we have left the scene, results of what we have done will be permanent and will be positive in the whole administration of criminal justice system.”
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