Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, has proposed excluding the prerogative of mercy in corruption cases during the next constitutional amendment.
The prerogative of mercy is a power granted to the President under Section 175 and to Governors under Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution , allowing them to pardon or commute the sentences of convicted individuals. Speaking at a one-day conference organized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for state Attorneys General in Abuja, Prince Fagbemi emphasized the importance of unity in the fight against corruption.
Agabi called for a system that will enable Nigerians who have money stashed abroad to return it for investment purposes, stressing, “The time has come when we must encourage Nigerians who have money abroad to bring such money back home and invest here, even unconditionally. 'The money that we are recovering as proceeds of crime represents a tiny fraction of the money that Nigerians have deposited abroad.
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