Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has expressed concerns about corruption cases being lost to technicalities in courts, stressing that such a development may serve as a disincentive to the fight against economic and financial crimes. According to him, corruption cases being lost on technical grounds have a way of building confidence in corrupt elements and also negatively affect the image of the judiciary. “In the Commission, we hold the view that corruption is a plague that does not select its victims. “It is therefore in our collective interest that the gains of the fight against corruption are not reversed. He said, “On the issue of corruption cases being lost on technical ground, President Muhammadu Buhari said that it is an issue generating concern among Nigerians.

Source: Punch May 24, 2022 01:01 UTC