To buttress the lack of the unity of purpose in the present administration fight against corruption, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagey, SAN, has declared that the judiciary is not on board in the fight against corruption.
Prof. Sagey made this disturbing declaring yesterday at the at the end of a 3-day conference on promoting international co-operation in combating illicit financial flows and enhancing asset recovery in Abuja.
He said that PACAC was going to talk with the judiciary so that they will reason along with the executive. Sagay said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will account for every kobo that was recovered, adding that “under Buhari there will be no re-loot of the recovered loot.”
The executive Secretary PACAC Professor Bolaji Owasanoye however disagreed with Sagey’s position. “I do not fully agree with him, yes he is right because we have not fully converged on the way forward. The executive will have its approach and the judiciary and legislature will have its approach so also the federal, State and Local Governments will have their approach. We are working towards a convergence and the truth of the matter is that things may be slow on the side of the judiciary and we could easily say the same on the side of the prosecution. The prosecution has not got its acts together and we have seen some avoidable mistakes that points at delay but the good thing is that there is a conversation as he said and we will help ourselvies to see that this is in our common interest. Everybody agrees that we must end corruption and the major conversation is the best and most profitable approach to move forward.
“Some would say we should forget about what has happened but others may say no we should look into past cases and demand for accountability from those who put us where we are. So we have to make up our mind if we can truly change the system without sanction and enforcement. Some people think we can move forward by saying sorry and live happily thereafter. We would definitely reach a convergence,” he added.
