How Nigerian govt can end impunity – CJN Onnoghen
tasked the various arms of government to put an end to the culture of
impunity in the country.
According to him, unless the rule of law is respected by the people
and government of Nigeria, the President Muhammadu Buhari's fight
against corruption and injustice would fail.
He stated this in Abuja during a special court session at the Supreme
Court to mark the commencement of its 2018/2019 legal year.
He said: "Corruption or any other form of injustice, for that matter,
thrives in a culture of impunity. To carry out a successful campaign
against corruption, we have to fight the culture of impunity, which is
an attitudinal phenomenon.
"If we allow and respect the rule of law, then there will be a
dramatic reduction in corruption and injustice. Corruption starts with
a decision by an individual or a group of individuals to do the wrong
thing. It is as simple as that. Corruption is never an accidental act.
The person who commits a corrupt act has an option to do the right
thing.
"Corruption in the judicial arm of government happens if an arbiter,
in this case a magistrate, a judge, a justice or a panel, having heard
from all parties and having determined where justice lies, decides to
do the wrong thing by giving judgment to favour a particular
individual or party over another."
He further urged Justices of the Supreme Court and judicial officers
across the federation to resist attempts by those he described as
"rapacious elite" to make justice a commercial commodity.
Highlight of the special court session was the swearing-in of 30 new
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN.
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