Two civil society organizations; the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, SERAP and the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CA
Two civil society organizations; the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, SERAP and the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, have said that former minister, Kemi Adeosun’s leaving Nigeria should not stall her prosecution for certificate forgery. They added that Nigeria should begin the process of her extradition from the United Kingdom. The former minister of finance traveled out of the country a day after she put in her resignation.
The SERAP Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said, “The former minister’s exit from the country must not stop the prosecution of a forgery case. I understand that Nigeria has a good relationship with the United Kingdom and could extradite anyone wanted for any criminal allegation in the country.”
Also, the CACOL Director, Debo Adeniran, said, “We desire that she should be prosecuted, and that she was able to flee the country is a tragedy. It is an affront on the anti-corruption efforts of the present administration. We thought that as soon as she admitted the matter, she should have been promptly invited. This should not be the end of the case.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Chief Okey Nwosu, said systemic failure in the Federal Government allowed the former minister to scale through her screening and later escape from the country after the certificate forgery allegation was confirmed.
