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Making reference to what it said purports to be the charge sheet in the case of Republic v. En Huang & 4 Others, the pressure group said the offences laid and...

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A lawyer representing the group said Islamic Sharia law, which views apostasy as a criminal offence, makes no provision for those wanting to leave the faith.

Touching on the emergence and activities of vigilante groups, he said people who committed criminal offences should be made to face the full rigours of the law irrespective of their status in society.

The group in its statement made available to the Nigeria Politics Online and signed by Executive Director Adetokunbo Mumuni, Said that, «Budget padding in fact is corruption, as it is implicit in corruption offences such as abuse of office, attempt to embezzle, divert, and misappropriate public funds, conspiracy to act corruptly, and illicit enrichment, which are recognized under the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party, and included in national legislation such as the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act and the Fiscal Responsibility Actoffences such as abuse of office, attempt to embezzle, divert, and misappropriate public funds, conspiracy to act corruptly, and illicit enrichment, which are recognized under the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party, and included in national legislation such as the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act and the Fiscal Responsibility ActOffences Act, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Establishment Act and the Fiscal Responsibility Act.»

«Until investigation is concluded, any person (s) or group (s) who tries to interfere in the investigation process by action or utterances is committing an offence,» he said.

A senior member of the campaign group has also been reported to the Metropolitan Police because the watchdog said it had «reasonable grounds to suspect» they had committed criminal offences.

Dominic Grieve said, «Sorry if I have caused any offence» and insisted he was not trying to single out one group.

The group in a statement made available to the Nigeria Politics Online on Monday said approving projects for personal interests by Representatives is an offence.

«Non-payment of confiscation orders for proceeds of crime should be made a criminal offence, an influential group of MPs said today — and no convicted offender -LSB-...]

«Non-payment of confiscation orders for proceeds of crime should be made a criminal offence, an influential group of MPs said today — and no convicted offender should be allowed to leave prison without satisfying their confiscation order.

The human rights group says a structured sentencing framework would produce injustice, prevent optimum sentencing outcomes and could even result in an increase in rates of imprisonment: «These proposals go entirely against the prevailing trend of government criminal justice policy in recent years in relation to violent and sexual offences: that is, an emphasis on the individualised risk posed by the individual offender towards a member or members of the public.»