The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would make the Vice-President, governors and their deputies lose their immunity if they misappropriate government funds.
The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Monday that the bill, sponsored by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, had scaled first reading.
But the proposed bill, obtained by our correspondent, excluded the President of Nigeria from the proposed immunity removal. The proposed amendments, if assented to by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , would remove immunity for public officers from criminal liability where the offence involves misappropriation of funds belonging to the federal, state or a local government area.
The bill is titled, “An act to alter the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to qualify criminal liability for certain public officers under Section 308.”
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