Tinubu to judges: Block legal loopholes shielding criminals
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Key takeaways
- President Tinubu urged the judiciary to close legal loopholes used by criminals to delay trials.
- Tinubu praised the EFCC for recovering billions in cryptocurrency fraud cases.
- The EFCC secured 10,872 convictions within the first 34 months of the administration.
President Bola Tinubu has urged the judiciary to examine prosecution strategies, discard outdated precedents and close the procedural gaps that politically exposed persons and organised crime actors use to delay or frustrate criminal trials.
Tinubu spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the 8th annual capacity-building workshop for judges and justices, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the National Judicial Institute. He was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, according to a statement signed Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications.
Calls for judicial reform
The President asked the Bench to test the country’s statutory frameworks against emerging financial crimes. Tinubu also wanted the justice system overhauled so that no well-connected person could use technicalities to evade the law.
“Probe prosecution strategies, dismantle outdated precedents, and seal procedural gaps that politically exposed persons and organised crime actors exploit to delay or frustrate trial,” he said. The President warned that while financial and economic crimes were an existential threat to Nigeria, corruption respected no status and spared no arm of government.
He described corruption as a battle for the nation’s collective survival. “We must no longer permit legal pyrotechnics and procedural pedantry to shelter criminality,” he said.
Combating digital financial crimes
Tinubu praised the EFCC’s recent work against cryptocurrency fraud, adding that the agency had recovered billions of naira in cryptocurrency investment-related fraud cases. In 2025, he said, the EFCC secured the forfeiture of $22,417.91 in Bitcoin, 1,001,301.87 USDT in digital assets and $5.6m linked to the CBEX scheme.
He added that 192 foreigners arrested for cyber-terrorism and cryptocurrency fraud were prosecuted and deported. The President said this showed the EFCC was proactive and unwilling to be outpaced by technology.
He also commended the EFCC for securing 10,872 convictions and recovering N1.233tn within the first 34 months of his administration. The President said the EFCC filed 14,476 cases and secured 10,872 convictions during the period, representing a 75.1 per cent conviction-to-filing ratio.
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