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President
Muhammadu Buhari
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President Muhammadu
Buhari on Monday said there was an urgent need for reform in the judiciary
which allowed delay tactics by lawyers, aided by some judges, to stall
corruption trials and hinder recovery of proceeds of crime in high profile
corruption cases. Buhari,
who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the opening session
of this year’s All Nigeria Judges’ Conference in Abuja, regretted that Nigeria
was fast losing trust and esteem of Nigerians.
The
conference which is to end on Friday was organized by the National Judicial
Institute.
The
President noted that the current challenges of corruption and delay tactics
employed by lawyers with the collusion of some judges ended up preventing a
verdict to be reached on the guilt or innocence of the accused person.
