Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef

Fagbemi (SAN) says those found guilty of corruption should not be granted

state pardon.

Fagbemi, who also advised law enforcement agencies against shoddy

investigations, tasked them to have their facts before summoning anyone for

questioning.

A statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Communication and

Publicity, Office of the AGF, Kamarudeen Ogundele, in Abuja, the AGF

stressed that the cooperation of everyone was needed to fight corruption.

According to the statement, the AGF spoke at a roundtable organized by the

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for

state attorneys general in Abuja suggest that in the next constitution review

exercise government will expunge those found guilty of corruption from

benefiting from powers of ‘prerogative of mercy’ to serve as a deterrent to

others.

Faghemi, according to the statement, advised the state attorneys general to

eschew nepotism, political witch-hunt, rivalry, and bigotry in the fight against

corruption just because they want to please their governors, adding that,

there should be no basis for rationalizing corruption or crimes, while, legal

opinions on cases must be based on the facts as practiced in the advanced

countries.