We need to update FCT criminal laws – Ex-NBA president

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joseph Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called for the review of the laws of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).  Daudu made the call while presenting the communique on the Rule of Law Development Foundation’s 5th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference in Abuja.  The […]

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joseph Daudu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called for the review of the laws of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

 Daudu made the call while presenting the communique on the Rule of Law Development Foundation’s 5th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference in Abuja.

 The theme of the conference is “Revitalisation of the Administration of Justice in Nigeria: Federal Capital Territory Criminal Justice System in Focus.”

He said the substantive criminal law, that is the penal code and its procedural component Criminal Procedure Code are obsolete, adding that the time to reform them is ripe.

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 The foundation also cautioned lawyers from filing frivolous applications in courts and commenting on pending court cases in the media.

 The foundation called for a review of the law that permits the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to confiscate properties of suspects, some of which may have been acquired before they assumed public office.