AN APPRAISAL OF PLEA BARGAINING UNDER NIGERIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Download or read book AN APPRAISAL OF PLEA BARGAINING UNDER NIGERIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM written by ROSEBELLS UVIOVO and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examined the concept of plea bargaining under the Nigeria criminal justice system. Plea begins as practiced today in Nigeria was not known or provided for in any Nigeria statues before the Economic and Financial crimes commission was established through the provision of section 1 of the Economic and Financial crimes commission (Establishment) Acts, 2004. Plea bargain was only seen for the first time after the establishment of the commission in 2004 under the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasenjo as the president of Nigeria. The application of plea bargain by the Economic and Financial Crime commission is usually based on the provision of section 14(2) of the enabling law that gives the Commission power to compound any offence punishable under the act of accepting the sum of money.