Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has condemned, in strong terms, “the manipulation of the justice system to favour of influential politicians facing corruption charges in Nigeria.”
Falana stated this, yesterday, in a paper, titled, ‘Sentencing Rich and Poor Convicts In Nigeria: An Unbalanced Scale’, delivered at the Inaugural Public Lecture of the Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State.
Falana added that the judicial system has exempted some people from facing justice because of their wealth and influence.
He further added that less influential people are usually convicted and jailed than the influential ones.
Falana, who faulted the attitude of the government in cases involving the rich, said: “For political reasons, the trial and conviction of the rich are often interfered with.”
