A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay,
has accused some elites in the country of being violent
against the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
Sagay, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), made the allegation during an
interview on Sunday Politics on Channels Television.
He noted that while the Federal Government is doing all it can
in its resolve to rid Nigeria of corruption, the so-called powerful
are frustrating the effort.
“This government has poured its heart and might into fighting
corruption, but corruption has fought back,” the professor of law
decried.
“And the shocking aspect is that it is the elites, the educated,
the powerful who have been fighting this government. They have been
so violent in the opposition to the fight against corruption that
one is even shocked.”
Despite the challenges of the anti-corruption campaign and the
strength of the opposition, the PACAC chairman said he was
impressed with the success recorded so far.
He disclosed further that a lot of looted assets have been
recovered by the government and that part of them was used to fund
the current budget.
Professor Sagay also reacted to the recent list of alleged
looters published by the government. Amid the mixed reaction
triggered by the list, the senior advocate noted that there was
nothing wrong with it.
He recalled that a court had ordered the government to publish
the names of those who have looted the nation’s resources, saying
the disclosure was in accordance with the court’s directive and to
address the issue of public interest.
The lawyer said he would not be surprised if more names of
alleged looters surface, stressing that “there is a very large
number of these people who presided over the looting of the assets
of this country.”
He was also confident that the judges handling corruption cases
cannot be influenced by the views of other people as they have the
knowledge to make their own opinion on the facts of the case before
them.
Sagay, however, admitted that although government might not have
mentioned the names of some individuals due to ‘strategic’ reasons,
such reasons would unravel themselves in the course of time.
Reacting to those who have condemned the list, he said, “It’s a
free society, the government has provided its own list.
“Those who are complaining must surely know the persons who are
omitted from the list. So, let them bring out their own list and
let them correct the list which is incomplete.A Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay, has accused some elites in the
country of being violent against the anti-corruption war of
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Sagay, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), made the allegation during an
interview on Sunday Politics on Channels Television.
He noted that while the Federal Government is doing all it can
in its resolve to rid Nigeria of corruption, the so-called powerful
are frustrating the effort.
“This government has poured its heart and might into fighting
corruption, but corruption has fought back,” the professor of law
decried.
“And the shocking aspect is that it is the elites, the educated,
the powerful who have been fighting this government. They have been
so violent in the opposition to the fight against corruption that
one is even shocked.”
Despite the challenges of the anti-corruption campaign and the
strength of the opposition, the PACAC chairman said he was
impressed with the success recorded so far.
He disclosed further that a lot of looted assets have been
recovered by the government and that part of them was used to fund
the current budget.
Professor Sagay also reacted to the recent list of alleged
looters published by the government. Amid the mixed reaction
triggered by the list, the senior advocate noted that there was
nothing wrong with it.
He recalled that a court had ordered the government to publish
the names of those who have looted the nation’s resources, saying
the disclosure was in accordance with the court’s directive and to
address the issue of public interest.
The lawyer said he would not be surprised if more names of
alleged looters surface, stressing that “there is a very large
number of these people who presided over the looting of the assets
of this country.”
He was also confident that the judges handling corruption cases
cannot be influenced by the views of other people as they have the
knowledge to make their own opinion on the facts of the case before
them.
Sagay, however, admitted that although government might not have
mentioned the names of some individuals due to ‘strategic’ reasons,
such reasons would unravel themselves in the course of time.
Reacting to those who have condemned the list, he said, “It’s a
free society, the government has provided its own list.
“Those who are complaining must surely know the persons who are
omitted from the list. So, let them bring out their own list and
let them correct the list which is incomplete.”
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay,
has accused some elites in the country of being violent
against the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
Sagay, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), made the allegation during an
interview on Sunday Politics on Channels Television.
He noted that while the Federal Government is doing all it can
in its resolve to rid Nigeria of corruption, the so-called powerful
are frustrating the effort.
“This government has poured its heart and might into fighting
corruption, but corruption has fought back,” the professor of law
decried.
“And the shocking aspect is that it is the elites, the educated,
the powerful who have been fighting this government. They have been
so violent in the opposition to the fight against corruption that
one is even shocked.”
Despite the challenges of the anti-corruption campaign and the
strength of the opposition, the PACAC chairman said he was
impressed with the success recorded so far.
He disclosed further that a lot of looted assets have been
recovered by the government and that part of them was used to fund
the current budget.
Professor Sagay also reacted to the recent list of alleged
looters published by the government. Amid the mixed reaction
triggered by the list, the senior advocate noted that there was
nothing wrong with it.
He recalled that a court had ordered the government to publish
the names of those who have looted the nation’s resources, saying
the disclosure was in accordance with the court’s directive and to
address the issue of public interest.
The lawyer said he would not be surprised if more names of
alleged looters surface, stressing that “there is a very large
number of these people who presided over the looting of the assets
of this country.”
He was also confident that the judges handling corruption cases
cannot be influenced by the views of other people as they have the
knowledge to make their own opinion on the facts of the case before
them.
Sagay, however, admitted that although government might not have
mentioned the names of some individuals due to ‘strategic’ reasons,
such reasons would unravel themselves in the course of time.
Reacting to those who have condemned the list, he said, “It’s a
free society, the government has provided its own list.
“Those who are complaining must surely know the persons who are
omitted from the list. So, let them bring out their own list and
let them correct the list which is incomplete.A Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay, has accused some elites in the
country of being violent against the anti-corruption war of
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Sagay, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), made the allegation during an
interview on Sunday Politics on Channels Television.
He noted that while the Federal Government is doing all it can
in its resolve to rid Nigeria of corruption, the so-called powerful
are frustrating the effort.
“This government has poured its heart and might into fighting
corruption, but corruption has fought back,” the professor of law
decried.
“And the shocking aspect is that it is the elites, the educated,
the powerful who have been fighting this government. They have been
so violent in the opposition to the fight against corruption that
one is even shocked.”
Despite the challenges of the anti-corruption campaign and the
strength of the opposition, the PACAC chairman said he was
impressed with the success recorded so far.
He disclosed further that a lot of looted assets have been
recovered by the government and that part of them was used to fund
the current budget.
Professor Sagay also reacted to the recent list of alleged
looters published by the government. Amid the mixed reaction
triggered by the list, the senior advocate noted that there was
nothing wrong with it.
He recalled that a court had ordered the government to publish
the names of those who have looted the nation’s resources, saying
the disclosure was in accordance with the court’s directive and to
address the issue of public interest.
The lawyer said he would not be surprised if more names of
alleged looters surface, stressing that “there is a very large
number of these people who presided over the looting of the assets
of this country.”
He was also confident that the judges handling corruption cases
cannot be influenced by the views of other people as they have the
knowledge to make their own opinion on the facts of the case before
them.
Sagay, however, admitted that although government might not have
mentioned the names of some individuals due to ‘strategic’ reasons,
such reasons would unravel themselves in the course of time.
Reacting to those who have condemned the list, he said, “It’s a
free society, the government has provided its own list.
“Those who are complaining must surely know the persons who are
omitted from the list. So, let them bring out their own list and
let them correct the list which is incomplete.”
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