Tinubu to judges: Don’t let technicalities shield corruption

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has urged judges to stop allowing legal technicalities to shield corruption and close procedural loopholes exploited by politically exposed persons and organised crime suspects to delay or frustrate trials.
He warned that the anti-corruption campaign could not succeed without an independent, progressive and reform-minded judiciary, calling for a review of prosecution strategies and outdated precedents.
Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, spoke at the eighth annual capacity-building workshop for judges and justices organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Judicial I...