President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he will soon restructure the judiciary to ensure effective delivery on the fight against corruption.
President Buhari stated this at a joint press conference with the visiting Namibian leader, Hage Geingob, after closed door session at the Presidential villa, Abuja.
The President said his administration plans to dedicate some judges to deal with corruption cases where all those found wanting in their dealings will be prosecuted.
The plan may be in response to calls for the creation of Special Courts to deal with cases of corruption as the regular courts processes appeared too slow
“ So we are willing but it’s very difficult under this multi-party democracy system We are getting the cooperation of countries.
He also revealed that government was “selling the recovered looted assets wherever we found them and bring the money into the Nigerian treasury. This is all “I can say at this stage because we are reorganizing the judiciary.
“We are going to dedicate some judges to deal with corruption cases and try to put forward and prosecute all those that investigations proved that they have question s to answer.
“So that is what I’m telling you that we haven’t given up; we are doing our best and we will recover as much as humanly possible,’’ he said.
The Namibian President thanked Nigerian government for his support and assistance to Namibia via the deployment of Nigerian volunteers under the Technical Aid Corps.
According to Geingob, he is in Nigeria to pay his last respect to late Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, whom he described as his mentor.
Adedeji, onetime Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission of Africa, who died on April 25 at the age of 87, will be buried on July 7.
President Geingob congratulated the Nigerian leader for his efforts in dealing with corruption in Nigeria and beyond.
He lamented that corruption in Africa was becoming a serious case and hence strong people like Buhari were needed to tackle the social ill.
He noted that President Buhari had taken steps towards fighting corruption in Nigeria worthy of emulation by his country.
“He (Buhari) is taking steps that will encourage all of us. I declared war against poverty and corruption.
“I declared my assets publicly. I therefore emulate my brother here,’’he added.
