ICPC Conference: AGF Fagbemi Calls For Exclusion Of Prerogative Of Mercy In Corruption Cases

ABUJA – Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, has proposed excluding the prerogative of mercy in corruption cases during the next constitutional amendment. The prerogative of mercy is a power granted to the President under Section 175 and to Governors under Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), […]