Body of Attorneys General meet today

The nation’s Body of Attorneys General will meet today to deliberate on the National Policy on Prosecution in the country.

The stakeholders’ meeting on the implementation of the outcome of the recently concluded London Summit on Anti-Corruption and the Open Government Partnership are also expected to be hosted by the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja.

Disclosing this yesterday, Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, (SAN) said in a press statement that the meeting of the Body of Attorneys General is expected to consider and adopt the draft National Policy on Prosecution, Code of Conduct ad Guidelines for Prosecutors.

“The policy documents have been considered and approved for submission to the Body of Attorneys General by the Solicitors General and Permanent Secretaries Forum at their meeting held on the October 15, 2015.

“The National Policy on Prosecution is intended for all officials and agencies involved in prosecution of crime management, evidence gathering and investigation,” the statement said.