NJC C’ttee to Fast-track Corruption Trials with New Practice Directions

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has adopted a new practice direction to fast track hearing and determination of all pending high-profile corruption cases.

A statement by the Director of Information, National Judicial Council (NJC), Soji Oye said its Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trials Monitoring Committee, COTRIMCO, has also resolved to actively engage prosecuTOrial bodies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in furtherance of its mandate to ensure quick determination of such pending cases.

He, however, said no date has been fixed for the planned interface with the anti-corruption bodies.

According to the statement, the committee has so far received two thousand, three hundred and six ongoing alleged corruption cases that were already receiving attention from the four sub-committees it had been divided into.

The sub-committees which include practice directions, training, feedback, as well as engagement and awareness were constituted at the meeting of the anti-graft panel, under the leadership of the Chairman of COTRIMCO, retired Justice Suleiman Galadima.