The Nigerian government is considering the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court to address the corrosive impact of corruption on the country’s development, stability, and prosperity.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, represented by a Deputy Director (Public Prosecution), Yusuf Abdullahi Abdulkadir, stated this in his speech delivered in Abuja during the 33rd Anti-Corruption Situation Room that Nigeria could benefit significantly from establishing an IACC, as it would provide a platform to address cases involving individuals and assets located abroad.
“Nigeria, as a country that has been deeply affected by corruption, could benefit significantly from the establishment of an IACC. Such a court could provide a platform to address cases that involve individuals and assets located abroad, often tied to grand corruption schemes that have a devastating impact on Nigeria’s development efforts,”
“Such a court could serve as an additional tool to complement and strengthen the nation’s domestic anti-corruption efforts,” Fagbemi said.
The Chairman of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA, Olanrewaju Suraj, lamented that many corrupt people are getting elevated to higher places in Nigeria.
“You can see ministers who are accused of corruption being returned to office. Some of them are becoming ministers, some governors who are still standing trial and ministers are now heads of agencies, and quite a number of them are currently at the federal and state levels,” Suraj said.
