A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how \u201c55 politicians, high-level public officials and leaders allegedly stole N1, 354 trillion between 2006 and 2013 from the nation\u2019s treasury.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the report, \u201cThe amount of money embezzled, misappropriated or stolen by public officials and leaders in the private (sector) between 2013 and 2017 has galloped beyond the contemplation of average Nigerians. Evidence abound that Judges, judicial officers, lawyers and military officers are participants in the frenzy of despoliation of national wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 112 pages report launched Wednesday at the CITI-HEIGHT Hotels, Ikeja, and Lagos is titled: \u201cLetting the Big Fish Swim\u201d shows how those accused of high-level corruption are getting away with their crimes and profiting from Nigeria\u2019s legacy of impunity.<\/p>\n
The report presented to the media by Esa Onoja, Senior Lecturer of Law, Litigation and Professional ethics at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus, discloses that \u201cWhile the main anti-corruption agencies secured more than 1500 non-high profile convictions between 2000 and 2017, they could only muster 10 high profile convictions between the periods.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the report, \u201cIn the investigation, prosecution and trial of high profile corruption cases in Nigeria, justice is imprisoned by snares contrived by actors in the legal community in aid of looters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report listed \u201chigh profile cases of corruption prosecuted by anti-corruption agencies between 2000 and 2017 as numbering 177 out of which 167 are pending. Total convictions are just 10. Out of the 10, only 3 convictions were obtained after full trial while 7 convictions were based on plea bargaining. Yet 1 of the 3 convictions based on full trial was discharged by the Supreme Court while 3 of the 7 convicted were granted Presidential pardon.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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