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SERAP seeks trial of high-profile corruption cases, details of missing files

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to take immediate steps to expeditiously prosecute high-profile corruption cases.

The group also urged the minister to publish details of the whereabouts of allegedly missing case files and the status of prosecution of all the cases being handled by his office.

In a letter dated 26 September 2020 and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the rights group said that the government’s failure to diligently and expeditiously prosecute high profile corruption cases amounts to a fundamental breach of constitutional and international obligations.

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It said failure to prosecute these cases may create the perception of a deliberate effort to protect those considered to be very influential and powerful.

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