Mild rebuke
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered a retired Navy chief to permanently forfeit about N500 million believed to be proceeds of corruption to the Federal Government.
The commission said, in court papers, that the money was held in seven accounts with two banks – five of the accounts in the name of Bitmas Enterprises, a company promoted by Yusuf; and the two others, in Yusuf’s own name. Acting on that prompt,Yusuf had filed a counter-affidavit, claiming ownership and arguing that the funds were from legitimate sources.
In Nigeria’s existential battle against the ruinous menace of corruption, nothing should be conceded as could offer any modicum of comfort to perpetrators, especially when the courts adjudge them guilty. But we hold that it isn’t enough to just make an accused person return the money the court believes he had illicitly amassed. He should as well be made to serve appropriate jail term for the injury inflicted on national health.
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