Nigeria’s President, Muhammdu Buhari has
pleaded with legal practitioners in the country not to defend corrupt
Nigerians as clients but to expose them.
President Buhari speaking at the opening of the 55th Annual General
Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja on Sunday,
August 23, said that exposing all types of crimes was the only way to
arrest corruption and restore the glory of the land.
According to Vanguard, he said that legal profession would achieve
more credibility if the members of the bar and the bench uphold their
professional ethics.
He said: “As you all know by now, this administration has taken
on the challenge of improving security, fighting corruption and
revamping the economy, among many others.
The fight against corruption is in reality a struggle for the
restoration of law and order. Corruption and impunity become widespread
when disrespect for law is allowed to thrive in society. Disrespect for
law also thrives when people get away with all sorts of shady deals and
the court system is somehow unable to check them.”
“Ability to manipulate and frustrate the legal system is the
crowning glory of the corrupt and, as may be expected, this has left
many legal practitioners and law courts tainted in an ugly way. I
believe, should be your role as legal practitioners, in helping us back
to the path of rectitude,” he added.
Meanwhile the president and All Progressive Congress (APC) leadership have reportedly refused to accept the apologies of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Report say that Saraki is trying to find the ways to bury the hatchet
of cold war with the leadership of the party and the president after he hijacked the key positions in the Senate on June 9 with help of some PDP members.
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