Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption on Thursday, disclosed that the committee has found a way to help make the fight against corruption and other grafts faster.
He revealed that the committee has come up with a Special Crimes Court which will greatly help the bid to stamp out corruption from the Nigerian society once signed into law.
He revealed this 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 which held in Lagos on Thursday.
“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.”
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu who was also present at the lecture urged the judiciary to promote the justice system by being astute in the fight against corruption.
Sagay also revealed that the committee had made several reforms that would help the swift dispensation of justice in high profile cases of corruption 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.”
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