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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: FOR THE RICH OR THE POOR?
To say that corruption, like cankerworm, has totally devoured the very fabric of the Nigerian polity is merely stating the obvious; likewise the fact that the agencies saddled with the responsibility of checkmating corruption and prosecuting corrupt individuals have not done enough. While few people in government and their cronies keep getting richer at the public expense, the index now used to measure poverty in Nigeria is termed “The Frustration Index” being the point where unemployment and inflation meet. Despite the over-abundance of human and material resources, the majority of Nigerians continue to live below bread line. It is evident that Nigerians both at home and abroad are agreed that the judiciary as an arm of government has not done enough to fight corruption. For few convictions involving people in high places, not much success has been recorded in bringing to justice people who have acquired ill wealth. It is alleged in some quarters that the few cases where people have been tried and jailed have actually been matters of political vendetta. The judiciary in connivance with the justice ministry has in most cases either manufactured legal options to make these felons escape from justice or looked the other way when Politically Exposed Persons are involved. Knowing well the saying which goes that “Like begets Like”, it would be strange to think that corruption will not fight back if you fight it. Evidently the looters use the stupendous wealth at their disposal to hire best lawyers, influence judges and in the end scuttle justice; hence this paper.
Keywords: Criminal, Nigeria, Compromise of justice, Judicial process, Hypocrisy.