{"id":130441,"date":"2024-09-09T21:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerians-found-guilty-of-corruption-should-not-enjoy-pardon-agf-fagbemi"},"modified":"2024-09-09T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:18:56","slug":"nigerians-found-guilty-of-corruption-should-not-enjoy-pardon-agf-fagbemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-found-guilty-of-corruption-should-not-enjoy-pardon-agf-fagbemi","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians found guilty of corruption should not enjoy pardon \u2013 AGF Fagbemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that any Nigerian found guilty of corruption should not enjoy state pardon.<\/p>\n<p>He also counselled law enforcement agencies against shoddy investigations, urging them to have their facts before summoning anyone for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The AGF spoke at a roundtable organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for state attorneys general in Abuja on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will suggest in our next constitution review exercise that we expunge those found guilty of corruption from benefiting from powers of \u2018Prerogative of Mercy\u2019 to serve as a deterrent to others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the cooperation of all stakeholders, especially the AGs, was crucial in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Fagbemi advised the AGs to eschew nepotism, political witch-hunting, rivalry, and bigotry in the fight against corruption just because they want to please their governors.<\/p>\n<p>He also said there should be no basis for rationalising corruption or crimes.<\/p>\n<p>He said their legal opinions on cases must be based on the facts as practised in the advanced countries, adding, \u201cWe should not give in to public sentiments. In Nigeria, we are polarised along political lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AGF advised participants and anti-graft agencies to conduct thorough investigations of cases before arresting suspects to avoid media trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us be thorough and take our time before inviting someone for questioning. Don\u2019t do a shoddy job and be quick to say we have caught a big fish&#8230;You will catch a big fish. If it is two or three big fish you are able to get in a year and you are thorough, it is alright,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The AGF also counselled against filing bogus counts of charges against defendants just to generate frenzy in the public against the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants a 50-count charge&#8230;make it five or six and be sure. Make sure you get him (suspect) in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that any Nigerian found guilty of corruption should not enjoy state pardon. He also counselled law enforcement agencies against shoddy investigations, urging them to have their facts before summoning anyone for questioning. 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