The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike
Ekweremadu is calling for the establishment of
special anti-corruption courts in Nigeria.
He
said such courts would reduce the burden on regular
courts and fast track corruption cases.
Senator Ekweremadu, who was also decorated as the
Anti-corruption Ambassador, made the suggestion on
Tuesday while hosting a team from the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
He said: “I have been an advocate of special courts
for the trial of corruption cases and I believe that
other countries, who have enacted law establishing
such, are not fools because there are benefits to be
derived there from. The idea is to expedite trial to
make sure that those who are involved in corruption
matters will have their day in court
“When we have special courts, just as we have the
National Industrial Court, such courts will do better
than they are doing now.
“The establishment of special courts is not just
something that will be done by an act of the National
Assembly. We have to amend the constitution to
bring it about under section 6, for the purpose of
trying corruption cases”.
He also cautioned the EFCC to ensure that the rule of
law was upheld and the provisions of the constitution
regarding fair hearing was respected in their fight
against corruption.
The Deputy Senate President further assured the
anti-graft agency’s officials that the National
Assembly would do everything within its powers to
ensure that speedy attention would be given to bills
aimed at strengthening the fight against corruption.
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