The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has revealed that the ministry has secured no fewer than 1000 convictions on terrorism within 18 months.
Malami disclosed this on Thursday, August 11, at the 46th session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team in Abuja.
He said that within the period under review, the ministry had been involved in 312 cases ranging from terrorism to maritime offences, armed robbery, cyber-crime, and kidnapping, among others.
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The minister said that the justice sector encompassed all institutions of government involved in the administration, enforcement and dispensation of justice.
This sector extends beyond the federal level and cuts across sub-national entities and the three arms of government—the judiciary, the executive and the legislature.
Effective collaboration and coordination is therefore at the crux of the mandate of the Federal Ministry of Justice.
Malami said that the briefing highlighted not only the policy initiatives of the ministry but also extended to critical achievements in the justice sector through policies and initiatives.
He said;
They are targeted at improving legislative policies, the judicial system, correctional system, law enforcement, constitutional guarantees and other critical components of the entire justice sector system.
All these are fundamental to ensuring access to justice, safety, security and in combating corruption as well economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.
Landmark Achievements
Malami said that the justice sector, as with every other sector, had continued to witness some challenges which constituted impediments to justice.
The minister said that aside from collaborative achievements, the ministry had made exclusive landmark achievements.
So, arising therefrom, for example, by way of criminal prosecution, the Federal Ministry of Justice, exclusively, I am not talking about the entire prosecution because other agencies of government—EFCC, NDLEA, ICPC are equally involved in direct prosecution.
So, the Federal Ministry of Justice, within the 18 months period, I am talking about, was actively involved in the prosecution of 312 criminal cases.
These were for various offences including terrorism, maritime offences, armed robbery, cyber-crime and kidnapping, among others.
We have so far, as a ministry secured over 1000 convictions on terrorism within the period in consideration.
