Claim lawyers frustrating anti-graft war unfounded – NBA president
Written by eaglefmn on June 23, 2023
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA, Yakubu Maikyau SAN says the narrative that members of the legal profession constitute a stumbling block to the fight against corruption is false.
This was as he submitted that the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing was a legal fight that must be fought within the framework of extant legislation.
Maikyau spoke this yesterday in Abuja at the ongoing National AML/CFT/CPF Compliance Retreat organised by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
According to him, there is no record of complicity by the legal profession to warrant or justify such sweeping generalisation.