Nigeria: Conference Takes Hard Stance Against Corruption

Except otherwise decided, henceforth, judicial officers convicted of corruption or perversion of justice will be liable to 50 years imprisonment and loss of all official entitlement including gratuity and pensions without an option of fine.

The National Conference sitting in Abuja said on Thursday that the decision was based on the examples of some Asian countries where the enactment of such laws helped to restore sanity, reduce corruption, abuse of office, instil due process and the rule of law.

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