A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi
Falana, has said for any fight against corruption to be effective it
must be championed by the citizens rather than the government.
According to Falana, since corruption
was perpetrated by people in position of authority, it would be
unrealistic to expect the government to effectively fight corruption.
No
government all over the world fights corruption, because the people in
government are the most corrupt. It
is the duty of Nigerians to take over the fight and own it; otherwise
you cannot abolish corruption in Nigeria,” Falana declared. The human
rights lawyer spoke in Ikeja alongside others at the 13th edition of the
annual Gani Fawehinmi lecture.
The theme of the lecture for this year was, “Nigeria Anti-corruption war: Wither the legal profession and the judiciary?”
The theme of the lecture for this year was, “Nigeria Anti-corruption war: Wither the legal profession and the judiciary?”
Apart from Falana, other discussants at
the lecture, which was delivered by Prof. Omotoye Olorode, include Prof.
Jacob Dada of The Gambia Court of Appeal; Mr. Delete Adesina (SAN), Mr.
Charles Oputa (Charly Boy), the Chairman of the Ikeja branch of the
Nigeria Bar Association, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, among others.
In his lecture, Olorode noted that
though the war against corruption started as far back as 1960, the
menace, rather than abate, only continued to wax stronger.
“Ultimately, the anti-corruption war
cannot move an inch unless the people champion the cause. If the ruling
class is to decide who is corrupt, then they have yet to start,” Olorode
concluded
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