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Many people in Obasanjo’s administration should rot in jail – Obono-Obla



Former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, has said that some people who served under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration are supposed to be in jail.

 

But Obono-Obla said as a lawyer of many years standing, it may be wrong for him to make such a conclusion because mere allegations do not make one guilty until proven by a competent court of jurisdiction.

 

Reacting to the recent comment by former President Obasanjo that some persons occupying positions in government should be in jail, Obono-Obla said:

 

“So many people in Obasanjo’s eight-year presidency equally should have been in jail. However, as a lawyer, I can not subscribe to such fallacious arguments no matter how attractive it sound. “

 

The human rights activist contended that no matter how attractive suspicion is, it does not make someone guilty, “that is a fundamental principle of law.

 

“Having said that, I think it is in the realm of speculation or rumor-mongering to suggest so, and so a person ought to be in jail.

 

“Was the allegation against such a person investigated? Was a prima facie case established against the person?

 

Was he convicted before a court of competent jurisdiction?”, he rhetorically asked.

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