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It is more rewarding to examine the question of police officers engaging in private business, including being commercial vehicle drivers, not just from the narrow precinct of the law but also from a broader sociological standpoint. Therefore, I examine the question from both the legal and sociological (as well as economic) perspectives.

The Position Of Law On Immunity For Public Officers And My Opinion Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, makes provisions for immunity. This section provides that no civil or criminal proceedings shall be brought against persons holding the offices of President, Vice-President, Governor or Deputy Governor during the tenure of their offices, except in civil cases in which they are nominal parties. The section expressly provides that no court process shall be issued requiring or compelling the attendance of the listed officers. Also, the named officers, for as long as they occupy the named offices, shall not be arrested or imprisoned for any criminal offence.

On 4 th June 2016, the Federal Government published the values of recovered cash loot, various sums involved in final forfeitures, interim forfeitures in local and foreign currencies and a list of 239 non-cash loot comprising farmlands, plots of land, vehicles, maritime vessels, completed and uncompleted buildings, between 29 May 2015 and 25 May 2016. However, the identities of persons from whom the recoveries and forfeitures were made were not disclosed, contrary to repeated promises made by the regime to name and shame former public officers who had looted public vaults.

WE REMAIN UNDAUNTED ! AN APPEAL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PREVAIL ON THE SENATOR AJIMOBI-LED OYO STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF THE SEVEN (7) INCARCERATED LABOUR LEADERS AND TO RESCIND THE DECISION TO SELL-OFF  PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE UNDER THE PRETENCE OF THE ACCLAIMED  ANTI-PEOPLE POLICY OF  PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, PPP. Protocols: Members of the State Executive Council of our Union, Dignitaries from the National Headquarters of our Union, members of civil society organisations here present, respected members of our Union and ladies and Gentlemen of the press. Introduction:

AN ASSESSMENT OF PMB/APC FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE PAST ONE YEAR: THE NEED FOR LEGAL REFORM AND THE CHALLENGE OF OPERATING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXISTING FRAMEWORK OF RULE OF LAW By Femi Aborisade, Esq. The 2015 victory of PMB shows the aversion of the average Nigerian for corruption. However, there is widespread concern that the regime’s fight against corruption should not be a means of political control, to whip opponents in line.

3 rd June 2016   PRESS STATEMENT ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL ARREST AND DETENTION OF NLC LEADERS IN OYO STATE By Femi Aborisade, Esq.