Some lawyers have said that governors of the North-East states combatting Boko Haram terrorism do not need a special fiat before they can prosecute alleged members of the terrorist sect. Oshoma noted that the governors have the powers to prosecute criminal offenders in their respective states and do not need any order from the AGF’s office. In some cases, some of these criminal acts committed in these states do not even need a fiat of the attorney general of the federation to prosecute. So, I see this (request for special fiat) as a lack of willpower to do what is right. So, what the northern governors and their Attorneys General need is to know how to prosecute suspected terrorists without waiting for any special fiat.

Source: Punch April 18, 2021 12:56 UTC