Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu yesterday made a case for the establishment of special
anti-terrorism courts to strengthen the war against terrorism and insurgency in
Africa.
A statement by the Special
Adviser (Media) to the Deputy Senate President, Uche Anichukwu, said Ekweremadu
spoke at the 46th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association, (CPA) African Region Conference holding in Nairobi,
Kenya.
He called on African nations to
pay attention to judicial reforms as they embark of reform of legal frameworks
and institutions to fight terrorism.
Ekweremadu said: “Our courts and
judges are overwhelmed by lawsuits and the wheels of justice grind
very slowly in most African countries. There is also the issue of the
suitability of our conventional courts in terms of security for the trial of
such high profile crimes.
“We should, therefore, consider
amending our laws to set up special courts to try terrorism suspects. If
punishments were to be swiftly meted out to offenders, it would deter
prospective terrorists and their sponsors.”
The Deputy Senate President
commended the various anti-terrorism laws so-far made by African nations.
Credit: Nation
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