The speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, has asked
the federal government to ensure that every individual involved in the
alleged billion dollars arms scandal is prosecuted.
Describing the
revelations on the alleged arms deal as embarrassing, Ahmad said it was
disheartening to know the rate at which the nation’s treasury was
looted in the last political dispensation.
The speaker also urged
the federal government to as a matter of urgency give the military
officers who were earlier condemned to death national honours as
compensation for what they had gone through.
He made these
submissions while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after he was
honoured alongside other notable lawyers and judges for their
contributions to the legal profession by the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA), Ilorin Branch.
The speaker said: “It is good we are seeing
the results especially with the arms scandal. You will remember that
some military personnel were during the last administration jailed when
they cried out that they couldn’t face the insurgents with the kind of
weapons and ammunition they possessed; I think those officers that have
been condemned to death deserve to be given national awards or national
honours. That is the least Mr President can do for them.
“And
these guys that have squandered our money and exposed the officers to
unquantifiable danger should be made to face the music, return our money
and let them go to jail”.
He also challenged the NBA to work
closely with the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that half or one-third
of the people to be recruited in the forthcoming recruitment exercise in
the force are lawyers.
This, Ahmad noted would undoubtedly assist
the country in the prosecution of offenders at the courts of law and
enhance the fight against corruption.
He urged members of Ilorin
bar to close ranks and work together with a view to achieving common
goals capable of encouraging upcoming members in the profession.
The Speaker thanked the NBA for consider him worthy of the honour.
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