A long road to conviction for white collar crimes in Nigeria

In 2013 a member of Nigeria’s lower legislative house was prosecuted for soliciting and receiving a bribe from an oil executive (for further details please see “Anti-corruption developments during 2013“). The bribery incident occurred in February 2013 and a video of the incident, filmed by Nigeria’s State Security Service, was released to the public almost immediately. The charges were brought some 10 months later. As is often the case in Nigeria, the defendant sought to terminate the charges on technical grounds and evoke appeals, an anticipated strategy employed as part of his defence so as to ensure that there was no quick resolution to the case. This is sometimes described as the “an adjournment is as good as an acquittal” strategy.

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