Commentary.
The complete disregard for moral decency, ethical behavior, and the rule of law by Nigerian politicians and senior government officials since the late 1970s has steadfastly sipped downwards to the broader society. The brazen theft of public funds by senior Nigerian officials continues unabated with incredible expediency afforded by Nigerian lawyers, specifically those commonly referred to as SAN (Senior Advocate of Nigeria). The legal profession everywhere else takes pride in upholding governing laws and regulations that guide conduct in their respective jurisdictional competence but far less can be said of their counterpart in Nigeria. In case after case, Nigerian lawyers and barristers have been implicated in aiding corrupt officials move and invest stolen public funds abroad and domestically.
Major cases to be found in this unfortunate saga not only numb the senses but speak to a broader act of treason for their effect on the ability of Nigeria to achieve and sustain economic development. Essential infrastructure, educational institutions, healthcare facilities are marginalized into redundancy by these acts of economic sabotage to points where human lives are needlessly lost, and discounted. Solutions are very simple but should be extremely harsh. One of the more illustrative cases, as presented here, was played out in a London courthouse.
