PEOPLE’S COURT POWERED BY : MOVEMENT OF VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY (MOVERS NIGERIA) FOCUS ON THIS EPISODE OF THE PEOPLE’S COURT : THE FOCUS ON THE 14TH EPISODE : FROM THE DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL LAGOS DIVISION , IN THE CASE OF , DR. ERASTUS B.O. AKINGBOLA V. THE CHAIRMAN , ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (2012) 9 NWLR (PT. 1306) Page 475 THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE NOTABLE PRONOUNCEMENT ON CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA : PER SAULAWA , J.C.A. AT PAGES 509-510, PARAS. F – C : “ I THINK IT WOULD BE APT FOR ME TO OBSERVE , AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT CORRUPTION IS THE HYDRA HEADED MONSTER THAT HAS FOR SEVERAL DECADES BE DEVILLED THE CORPORATE EXISTENCE OF THIS BELOVED COUNTRY , NIGERIA , IN PARTICULAR , AND THE ENTIRE AFRICAN CONTINENT , IN GENERAL . THE PANDEMIC OF CORRUPTION HAS UNDOUBTEDLY SHAMED AND DIMINISHED US ALL . AS THE ROOT OF ALL EVILS KNOWN TO MAN , THE PANDEMIC OF CORRUPTION HAS VIRTUALLY BROUGHT THE COUNTRY TO ITS KNEES. INDEED, IT’S A TRUISM, THAT CORRUPTION IS ANTITHETIC TO THE WELL CHERISHED DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND RULE OF LAW . AS RECENTLY LAMENTED BY THE HON. JUSTICE KAYODE ESO, JSC EMERITUS – AGAIN , LET US PAUSE . IS IT NOT GETTING TO A STAGE NOW THAT THE PRESENT GENERATION , THAT IS , THOSE WHO WERE , AT THE TIME OF THE PREDICTION , OF VOTING AGE , HARDLY KNOW WHAT DEMOCRACY IS , HAVING REGARD TO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND CORRUPTION IN PRACTICALLY EVERY SECTOR AND WANTON ACCEPTANCE THEREOF , AS A NORMAL WAY OF LIFE ? IT HAS COME TO A STAGE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT EVERY SECTOR IS PRESUMED TO BE CORRUPT . THE ONUS FOR THE PROOF OF TRANSPARENCY NOW LIES ON INDIVIDUALS. THUGGERY IS AN ACCEPTED NORM . MEN IN POLICE UNIFORM TAKES BRIBES OPENLY AND WITH SLINGING GUNS IN THEIR HANDS , THEY HAVE TURNED THEMSELVES IN THE HIGHWAYS TO LEGALIZED ARMED ROBBERS. ONLY RECENTLY , JESSE JACKSON , FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION IN AFRICA SAID - “ FOR AFRICA TO MOVE FORWARD CORRUPTION MUST BE SEEN AS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AS WE ARE RICH TO BE POOR .” GENERAL PUBLIC PETITIONS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE : From Movers Nigeria QUESTION : PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS SET UP ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE, WITHOUT A BILL SENT TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . CONSIDERING OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE HON. JUSTICE NIKI TOBI’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE UNDER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION , WHICH PRODUCE NO RESULT . ARE YOU IN SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL DIALOGUE WITHOUT AN ENABLING LAW ?
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