Subsidy probe: Those indicted ‘ll be prosecuted – Adoke

By Ben Agande
Abuja — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, yesterday said those indicted by the House of Representatives committee on the management of the subsidy regime would be prosecuted.

He spoke with State House correspondents in Abuja after receiving the report of the committee.

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke

According to him, “we will prosecute all those that are found culpable. There will be no sacred cows, I am with the copy of the report.

We are not going to witch-hunt anybody, we are going to do this without sentiments and whoever is found guilty, we are going to arraign him before court of law and prosecute and if there are no enough evidence to prosecute anybody, we are not going to persecute anybody.

“So get it clear, we are going to do our job without intimidation and we are going to carry that out in the best interest of the nation.

“We have to ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to do a thorough job as they have been doing and this report will help them tremendously. I have just got the report and I am acting on it immediately. I am forwarding it to the EFCC. When this whole process started, the President assured he nation that this report will be implemented to the letter.

“However, in my statement to the nation I did say we are going to investigate properly to ensure that all loose ends are covered to ensure that there is proper prosecution. We don’t want a situation where we are stampeded to initiate prosecution and we are unable to prosecute due to lack of or paucity of evidence.”