Agbakoba tasks new AGF, Fagbemi

Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has listed some pressing tasks facing the new Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).

Agbakoba said the major reforms of the criminal justice system with particular reference to the utter confusion in the duplicated work of our law enforcement agencies in particular EFCC and ICPC is urgently needed.

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He added that there is need to unbundle EFCC and restrict them to investigation only while a new national prosecution agency ought to be established.

Agbakoba said that another key reform would be a complete decentralisation of the police at local, state and federal levels, adding that a major revamp of the outdated laws is urgently needed to follow the Rwanda example that modified 1000 laws.