Federal Ministry of Justice has not prosecuted one corruption case since 2015- Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called out the Federal Ministry of Justice for not prosecuting one corruption case since 2015.

According to him, the Ministry had deliberately ended many corruption cases in the court by filing an application called Nolle Prosequi, which means the government is not willing to prosecute them anymore.

Falana said this on Thursday at the HEDA Resource Centers anti-corruption situation room titled ‘State of Anti-corruption in Nigeria: Assessment of 2021 and Agenda for 2022’.

He said, “The ministry of justice has not prosecuted one corruption case since 2015. The president must be told this. On the contrary, some of the cases are deliberately destroyed by the ministry through what they call prosecution Nolle Prosequi.

“That is, if somebody has stolen N20bn, an application would be filed in the court by the Attorney General saying we are not willing to prosecute. The use of this must stop if we want to fight corruption, let everyone be taken to court and convince the court that he has no case to answer”.

Falana also said the current administration’s fight against corruption would be a joke if pending anti-corruption bills at the national assembly are not passed.

He said, “Without the passage of all pending Anti-graft bills at the national assembly, this regime cannot be taken seriously in its fight against corruption.”