Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, yesterday, said that the committee was working on Special Crimes Court, which when completed and passed into law, will make the fight against corruption and other grafts faster.
He added, “My committee has concluded the drawing up of the Special Crimes Act for judges who will be specifically selected to adjudicate special crimes such as financial crimes, kidnapping, cyber crimes and drugs.”
Sagay, SAN Also, acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, urged the judiciary to be astute in the fight against corruption, so as to promote the justice system.
They both spoke in Lagos at the 2016 Lecture and Media award of the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents, NAJUC, entitled The Judiciary, Media, Anti graft agencies and the fight against corruption.
Sagay also said that the committee had made various reforms that would tremendously aid the speedy dispensation of justice of high profile corruption cases in the country.
According to him, “We have created a new manual for prosecution of financial cases which will give prosecutors a step by step process for prosecution.
We have recommended that for effective prosecution, the prosecution should be made up of a team comprising of; an investigator, prosecutor and other lawyers,” he said.
