President Bola Tinubu has urged the judiciary to examine prosecution strategies, discard outdated precedents and close the procedural gaps that politically exposed persons and organised crime actors use to delay or frustrate criminal trials.
Tinubu spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the 8th annual capacity-building workshop for judges and justices, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the National Judicial Institute.
He was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, according to a statement signed Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications.
The President asked the Bench to test the country’s statutory frameworks against emerging financial crimes.
Tinubu also wanted the justice system overhauled so that no well-connected person could use technicalities to evade the law.
“Probe prosecution strategies, dismantle outdated precedents, and seal procedural gaps that politically exposed persons and organised crime actors exploit to delay or frustrate trial,” he said.
The President warned that while financial and economic crimes were an existential threat to Nigeria, corruption respected no status and spared no arm of government.
