By: Adeleke Remi
The ongoing uhuru over
the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari that looters will soon be
tried in few weeks is not new to Nigerians because it is not the trial of
the alleged looters that matters, but making sure that they get the actual
punishment they deserve for milking the nation dry and inflicting hardship
on millions of Nigerians.
A look down memory lane will only bring to mind scout - free
looters parading our streets freely without justice daring their lane, the
likes of Fani Kayode was tried, at the end freed from all evidence that proved
him guilty, The former Speaker in Nigeria 6th House of
Representatives Rt. Hon. Demeji Bankole was involved in the scandal of
financial misappropriation but today he is a glorified freed man. Also the
former Governor of oil rich Beyelsal State, Mr. Timi Priye Silva was he not
tried, what came out if I may ask? Not forgetting James Ibori the former
Governor of Delta State who was tried, discharged and acquitted here in Nigeria
but, found guilty for same offence in a London Court and sentenced to
imprisonment. Just to mention a few.
There was a time in a Nollywood home video style Nigerian
governors were taken to Kuje awaiting trial for corruption, nothing happened in
the end. They were all freed and nothing came out of it. The tax payer’s money is
still used to fly these Kangaroo trials. Nigerians are tired of probes without
Meaning full results
PMB’S dream of fighting to a standstill will be a mirage if
fails to strengthen institutions such as the judiciary and the law enforcement
agencies. The present government should also raise the moral standard in
Nigeria through the national orientation agency. Also PMB administration should
carry out a total over hauled of the judicial system to obtain China’s
result. Without these measures in place, the current sincere efforts by the
present Government to combat corruption would not yield the expected out come
by Mr. President and Nigerians.
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