The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group has tasked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed to ensure speedy investigation, transparent, expeditious and conclusive prosecution of all cases related to the procurement of arms for the nation’s counter terrorism war.
The group during a march to the Supreme Court of Nigeria Headquarters in Abuja yesterday to mark this year’s International Day of Anti- corruption, also urged the CJN to ensure that judges who bungle corruption cases as well as crafty lawyers who seek to manipulate the courts to delay or derail the course of justice are punished to the full extent of the law.
It lamented that the Judiciary has become the weakest link in the war to break the chain of corruption in the country, noting that the corruption chain can only be broken when there are consequences for actions. This, the group said, can only be possible with a reformed and refocused Judiciary which would in no small measure boost citizens’ confidence in the Justice sector. Led by one of its Leader, Aisha Yusuf, the BBOG also asked the CJN to see that corrupt persons are punished to the full extent of the law and be seen to have done so, adding that he must give practice directions to judges in respect of corruption trial.
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