Law and Order
How its supposed to be done
- Prima facia case established internally in AG office.
- Attorney General (AG) authorizes investigative bodies to commence deep serious investigation, moles are sought out, court ordered wire taps established, evidence gathered
- AG reviews evidence gathered, satisfied the state has a case to take to court witness are prepped, case established, AG gives police go ahead to arrest suspect.
- Suspect is arrested
- Suspects charged to court, presented in court with painstakingly collected evidence.
- If AG case is proven by prosecuting lawyers, a verdict of guilt is returned
- Suspect, found guilty and sentenced.
- Assets procured by acts of corruption then retrieved by state as they are now established as stolen goods.
- Nation gets back assets, client is found guilty of breach of public trust, unable to hold in future any position of responsibility, even in private capacity eg Director of a bank.
- No political party or organization of repute touches convicted felon with a ten-foot pole, he is toxic, a thief
- Deterrence is established
How we do it here
- Announcement made on Twitter, Suspect found guilty on social media
- Suspect is Arrested by police
- AG comences investigation to build legal case
- Suspect charged to court
- AG amends initial grounds for arrest once defense attorney pick holes in hastily assembled evidence.
- Case goes to court, thrown out due to lack of evidence or simple procedural errors
- Suspect rearrested outside court on amended charges
- Investigation commences
- Suspect charged to court, again
- Election period approaches,
- Suspect changes party, donates to political party
- Case adjourned indefinitely
- Suspect rearrested if he strays beyond the political boundaries drawn for him
- Suspect is made a traditional chief in his village for his “service” to his people
- Suspect organizes an annual anticorruption lecture series.
(photo credits: Nigeria Law Report)
