Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Need for Anti-corruption Courts Re-echoes in EFCC-NJI Workshop

The need for the establishment of special courts for anti-corruption cases took the front burner on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at the second day of the ongoing “Third EFCC-NJI Capacity Building Workshop for Judges and Justices,” with participants arguing strongly that the solution to delays in the prosecution of economic and financial crimes cases lies in the establishment of such courts. Leading the call was the immediate past Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke, whose presentation is entitled: “Special Offences Court as a Panacea to Delays in the Prosecution of Economic and Fin…