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Strange Revelations From NDLEA by xmich(m): 11:06am On Jun 08, 2015 |
In a story that sounds stranger than fiction, officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Administration (NDLEA) keeping watch at the Kano International Airport, Kano, arrested a drug trafficker who had earlier been tried and given a jail term for drug trafficking. The man, who should rightly have been in prison serving out his sentence, was strangely arrested with hard drugs at the Kano airport. Naturally, this raised a red flag and subsequent enquiries by NDLEA revealed that many drug traffickers who had been given jail terms by the courts had been surreptitiously let out of prison illegally. The agency confirmed that at least 197 other indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced drug barons and traffickers are now walking free in Nigeria without serving their terms of imprisonment. The source of this narrative is no less a personage than the Chairman and Chief Executive of NDLEA itself, Mr. Ahmadu Giade, who attributed this sordid state of affairs in the Nigerian criminal justice system to a cartel comprising court clerks, prison warders, drug barons and traffickers. This embarrassing situation is yet another confirmation of the sorry state of the criminal justice system in Nigeria. Mr. Giade narrated this predicament to the press at Ibereko, Badagry, Lagos, where he had gone to physically supervise the destruction of confiscated illegal drugs val ued at N3.5 billion. A few facts are apparent from this revelation. First, is that our prison system is porous. If 197 convicted prisoners could be let loose at the whims of prison warders, without a jailbreak or prison riots, where then is the authority and credibility of the Nigerian judicial system? It is laughable to think that the conspiracy to make nonsense of the prison system can be placed at the doorsteps of prison warders and court clerks. The question is: what has been done since drug convicts were discovered to have disappeared into thin air somewhere between the courts and the prisons? If court clerks were involved as Mr. Giade has said, were the chief judges of the states, the Appeal Court president and the Chief Justice made aware of the development? In countries where the rule of law is taken to be the holy grail of democracy, the Federal Attorney General, the Interior minister and the police chief, would have been made to provide answers to these posers. Everyone knows how and why there is so much money involved in the drug trade. Yet, even in Mexico and other South American countries where drug cartels are so powerful, there is no record of such massive leakages of their prisons. The corruption in every aspect of the Nigerian system has been one reason why for several years, Western countries were suspicious of the security of Nigerian airports, and of any flights originating from Nigeria. And, their fears are well-founded because a system that can let loose drug barons and traffickers can also let loose terrorists. If our prison is so porous to let loose drug convicts, how are we sure that kidnappers, child molesters, rapists and armed robbers are not being helped to evade justice? That this revelation has undermined the confidence of Nigerians in the criminal justice system cannot be in doubt. At the best of times, such faith was tentative and shaky. We have heard incredible tales about our prisons being made into a paradise for affluent felons; prisoners being taken to night clubs so they can enjoy themselves; criminals being allowed all kinds of indulgences and occasional debauchery, but none is as dangerous as the fact that convicted felons can just be allowed to walk away from justice. The only measure which can restore our confidence in the justice delivery system is a judicial commission of inquiry to determine the cause of this embarrassing development. It is important to unmask the fat cats responsible for this scandalous breach of our judicial system and bring them to justice. www.sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=122672
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Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by softmind24: 11:06am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Am coming |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by CountDracula(m): 11:08am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Is dat hw tonto dikeh is still out there ryt nw? |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by xmich(m): 11:09am On Jun 08, 2015 |
softmind24:I hope you Did'nt just book space |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by Gboliwe: 11:11am On Jun 08, 2015 |
This is indeed strange, shocking and unbelievable! the system, the entire ball of a nation is soaking in corruption! Imagine clerks kwa! This is very shameful and scary! |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by Nobody: 11:15am On Jun 08, 2015 |
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Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by tociano009(m): 11:16am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Good |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by solaugo(m): 11:19am On Jun 08, 2015 |
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Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by Tallesty1(m): 11:23am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Corruption has eating deep into our system. GMB is got alotta work to do when he comes back from his honey moon. |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by Magician1503(m): 11:25am On Jun 08, 2015 |
this one is strong |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by knightsTempler: 11:28am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Na today? Not only the Nigeria justice system, all the spheres of Govt are irredeemably corrupt. You wouldn't even be wrong if you call Nigeria a failed state. |
Re: Strange Revelations From NDLEA by Babe2sure(f): 11:38am On Jun 08, 2015 |
Incredible! This is not only worrisome but embarrassing. Corruption in Nigeria from top to bottom. Our image in this country has taken yet another nose-dive with this situation. Something must be done to re-establish confidence in the Nigerian judicial system and fast, or else........ |
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