Former Minister of Sports , Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, on Tuesday expressed support for the 50-year jail term recommended for corrupt judges by delegates at the National Conference.
Adedoja told NAN that the jail term for corrupt judges, death sentence for rapists and life imprisonment for those who embezzle public funds were in order.
“The recommendations are very okay as long as it will not be personalised and politicised. Personalisation and politicisation of issues of public interest like corruption had in the past made nonsense of Nigerian laws,” he said.Akintayo Adeyemi, an Ibadan-based legal practitioner said it was not the severity of the punishment that was important but enforcement of the law.“There are laws made to guide the conduct of all across different strata and professions, but the enforcement procedures are so defective.“So, it is not the length of time of punishing any corrupt judge or public officer that matters, but ensuring a good working environment for them. The recommendations should, instead, be focused on ensuring better welfare for judges, civil servants and all members of the society.
“People from all areas of our national life are frustrated because of poverty occasioned by corruption,” Adeyemi said.