By Abdulwahab Abdulah
The Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, recently spoke on the role and duties imposed on him by the Constitution on granting nolle prosequi in any case pending before the state courts. In this interview, he explained why he entered nolle in the State versus Deepak Khilnani and Sushil Chandra. Excerpts:
The issue of Nolle Proseque
This is not to say that this office is not aware of the issues that have been in the press. I know sometimes when you hold public office, you have to be willing to take a lot of punches out there. One of the things I found when I got to this office as it happens in other places too, is that the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has often been used as a tool to settle scores; scores that are not criminal, but absolutely commercial.
The DPP’s office is dealing with…
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