Nigeria: I'll Prosecute Aondoakaa - Says Waziri

17 February 2010

Abuja — Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri yesterday vowed that she was prepared to prosecute the immediate past Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa if charges of corruption were brought before the Commission against him.

Speaking yesterday at the G6 Security Summit in Abuja, Waziri who warned that until those who steal public fund were thoroughly punished and brought to book, Nigeria may end up as a failed nation, just as she called for the establishment of special courts to fast track the process of trailing corrupt officials, thereby jailing them when the need arises.

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