ABUJA- DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu said yesterday that if war against corruption must be achieved in all its ramifications, there was the urgent need for the establishment of Special Anti- Corruption Courts. Senator Ekweremadu who noted that the setting up of such courts would help reduce the burden on regular courts and fast-track trial of corruption cases, spoke Tuesday when he was decorated anti- corruption ambassador by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

According to him, setting up Special Courts was one of the surest ways to help in the fight against corruption, as that would also help ensure speedy adjudication of corruption cases. He was decorated Tuesday in his office by a team of EFCC led by the National Assembly Liaison Officer, Suleiman Bakari Ekweremadu said, “I have been an advocate of special courts for the trial of corruption cases and I believe that other countries, who have enacted laws establishing such, are not fools because there are benefits to be derived therefrom. The idea is to expedite trial to make sure that those who are involved in corruption matters will have their day in court. “When we have special courts, just as we have the National Industrial Court, such courts will do better than they are doing now. The establishment of special courts is not just something that will be done by an Act of the National Assembly. We have to amend the constitution to bring it about under section 6, for the purpose of trying corruption cases. While advocating for value reorientation of Nigerians at all levels, with a view to returning to values of the good old days, the Deputy President of the Senate also cautioned the EFCC to ensure that in fighting corruption, it must respect the rule of law and ensure that the provisions of the constitution regarding fair hearing and treatment of an accused are also respected. While thanking the EFCC for decorating him as an Anti-Corruption Ambassador, Senator Ekweremadu assured he would live up to the trust reposed in him, adding that the National Assembly would do everything within its powers to ensure that the Bills before it, aimed at strengthening the fight against corruption, got speedy attention. Earlier, leader of the EFCC delegation, Suleiman Bakari, appealed to the National Assembly to ensure adequate funding for the agency and advocated speedy passage of all the anti-corruption Bills before it. In decorating Ekweremadu as an Anti-Corruption Ambassador, Bakari stressed: “It is therefore my Your Excellency, to on behalf of my Acting chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu and the entire management and staff of the EFCC, decorate you as an Anti-Corruption Ambassador and formally present this frame, as a token of our appreciation to your person and office, and as a symbol of institutional partnership between the EFCC and the National Assembly.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/efcc-names-ekweremadu-anti-corruption-ambassador-calls-special-courts/

What a country

Good one

Senator Ekweremadu who noted that the setting up of such courts would help reduce the burden on regular courts and fast-track trial of corruption cases, spoke Tuesday when he was decorated anti- corruption ambassador by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

There you go, the real anti corruption ambassadors are in PDP.
The corrupt PDP members have all congregated in a new party called APC.

Keep the awards coming.

The name 'ekweremadu' is franko-turkish Swahili for corruption! Wetin dey worry EFCC?

Ikeoha

demolinka:
The name 'ekweremadu' is franko-turkish Swahili for corruption! Wetin dey worry EFCC?

How is Ekweremandu corrupt?
How can a party that boast Amaechi, Tinubu, Atiku and Obasanjo say they're fighting corruption?

Is there no man clean enough to be?

Nigeria is full of comedy show.
Which one is anti corruption ambassador? Everything in Nigeria now has ambassador. Funny country.

Anyway i congratulate Ikeoha and all PDP members plus the Wailers for having one of us as the most clean politician in Nigeria. Because with this thing it shows that Ikeoha is cleaner than even GMB who is poor but have rich daughters that fly first class.

PDP is far more cleaner than APC, lets forget about all the witch hunting...

Congrats Ikeoha Ndigbo... Ekweremadu

dukie25:


How is Ekweremandu corrupt?
How can a party that boast Amaechi, Tinubu, Atiku and Obasanjo say they're fighting corruption?

Ah, sorry. I forget the PDP is made up of saints.

But where is lalasticlala sef

In that case, case closed, since he is now an anti-corruption ambassador, does it mean he is clean? If EFCC thinks he is, who am I to say otherwise, and saraki handed over to him for the main time, na im be say the man leg over strong as the presiding senate president and will remain to be so, make I see who go comot am for that seat.

Wao! Tumbling and rumbling in the zoo.

Of late, Ikeoha has been in my good books for his assertiveness and outspokeness

Another Chuba Okadigbo is the making in the person of Ikeoha.

Ndigbo needs a solid personalty now and Ike is here to fill the void

demolinka:

Ah, sorry. I forget the PDP is made up of saints.

I was only asking a question, you can ask me same question.
For example I'd be able to explain how Tinubu and fashola constructed a bridge and used Tinubu's company to toll Lagosians. How Tinubu's front company collects revenue for Lagos state govt etc.

Where is my sister, Obiagelli? Who knows her mobile number should help.


@topic
What significance is this portfolio and what do Nigerians make of it?

In the voice of Simba the Lion King. Hel---p! ...... Some-bo-dy! ....... Any-bo-dy!

good development.

That appointment is to make him more foolish by the time EFCC will commence investigation on his enormous criminal records. May be by then, his blind followers will know why they are fools.

He should be wary of those partisan anti graft agency....coming closer might be an avenue of getting information

He should be wary of those partisan anti graft agency....coming closer might be an avenue of getting information to nail him.

Anti corruption my foot
All the NASS members are big time thief

You gotta be kidding me.

Wtf??!!

Has Magu lost some bolts or something?? Who sanctioned this??

I hope the same EFCC wont be the one to tag him FACE OF CORRUPTION whenever he has disagreement with the FG. And I hope he himself shun corruption and stays clean, but can't anybody outside politics be given the award? I'm yet to see any of our public office holders who is genuinely anti - corruption.

issorait. His kinsman who are notorious for supporting anything corruption have adopted Chibukola saraki.

anti wetin everyone is corrupt

Oh God! it keeps getting weirder!

richol:
Is there no man clean enough to be?

What do you mean please.

[size=18pt]Tinubu is the EFCC Anti-Corruptiin Ambassador.
EFCC made a mistake . . . . . . . . hehehe[/size]

omenka:
You gotta be kidding me.

Wtf??!!

Has Magu lost some bolts or something?? Who sanctioned this??

As usual Ur insomnia starts all over again tonight considering your pathological hatred for d 5% though in this case as Ikeoha is both Ipob and Pdp ; suicide might be a better and faster option to handle d shame DAT has soon befallen Ur zombie clan.

Allah magu is high on black bullet

Giving a piece of fish to the cat to keep, nice one.

Since Ike Ekweremadu is made Anti-Corruption Ambassador, they should not forget to also make DASUKI Anti-Corruption Ambassador too.