Sagay while highlighting the roles of the PCAC and its mandate in the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, said his committee had completed a draft for the establishment of special court.
He also said had the former President Goodluck Jonathan been re-elected last year, Nigeria could have either been facing the economic crisis similar to that of Zimbabwe or disintegrated.
He spoke at the Abuja Anti-Corruption Summit organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice in conjunction with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and ONE Africa.
The summit was organised to propose and harmonise various anti-corruption positions which the Nigerian delegation to be led by President Buhari should canvass at the forthcoming 2016 International Anti-Corruption Conference billed to hold in London on May 12.
The conference which is to be attended by some world leaders is to be hosted by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Speaking at the pre-conference summit held in Abuja Sagay said the draft for the establishment of special court to try special offences such as corruption and kidnapping had been completed but still needed to pass through the required legal processes.
According to Sagay, after the draft is subjected to all the legal processes, the courts that will be established will deal with the special cases speedily.
In his presentation, the representative of the British government at the event, who is also the Head of the Department of International Development in Nigeria, Ben Mellor, urged Nigerians to “have high ambition” at the conference, adding that the United Kingdom was already making efforts to ensure that it no longer served as a safe haven for looters.
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