Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and anti-corruption agencies to investigate the spending of billions of naira of Ecological Fund collected by Borno State since 2001, including the N816 million collected by the state between January 2024 and June 2024.
According to SERAP, suspected perpetrators of corruption and mismanagement of ecological funds should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any proceeds of corruption should be fully recovered.
The organisation also urged the President to direct Fagbemi and anti-corruption agencies to urgently identify and ensure access to justice and effective remedies to affected victims in Borno State.
SERAP further asked Tinubu to direct the Secretary to the Government of…
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