Nigeria: Cacol Warns Judges Against Ridiculing Justice System

7 February 2013

Nigerian judges have been warned to desist from treating corruption cases with kids gloves in order to defend the sanctity of equity and the nation's justice system.

A statement by a group of anti-corruption civil society groups under the aegis of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), said its intervention became imperative, following recent developments in the nation's judicial system where cases that border on fraud and diversion of public funds are handled in less than transparent manner and with levity.

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