Following the recurring loss of court cases in its anti-corruption war, the Federal Government is considering setting up special divisions in the courts to try such cases.
This is being considered as an alternative to setting up earlier proposed special courts, which would have exclusively tried corruption cases and other such serious crimes.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, told BusinessDay that since it would take the whole process of an amendment to establish a new court, the government is in the process of setting up a special division within the courts, to handle its high-profile corruption cases.
“There are a lot of considerations on the table. On the issue of special courts, you know what it takes to set up the courts are all stated in the constitution and to have a new court there must have to be an amendment.
Elizabeth Archibong
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