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From Olanrewaju Lawal Birnin Kebbi
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in partnership with Macarthur Foundation and stakeholders in Judiciary, as well as security agencies have sought for adoption of reformative approach on the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJC) Laws in Kebbi State.
The laws were passed in Kebbi State in 2021 with the objectives of ensuring efficient management of criminal cases.
While speaking at the two-day capacity building workshop on the assessment of the implementation of ACJC since 2021, it’s successes and challenges in Birnin Kebbi, the NBA National President, Yakubu. C Maiyau explained that not all the offenders should be remanded in prisons.
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The NBA president, represented by the National Publicity Secretary of the association, Habibu Lawal, noted there is need for reformative justice instead of retributive justice.
“The point we are making here is that, at this moment, the world is moving towards reformative justice. Reformative justice ensures that we acknowledge all offences, but we don’t punish all of them with retribution and that is the point I am trying to make.
“Everything is not about punishment at times. Therefore, for some petty offences that do not attract capital punishment, there should be a way the parties could dialogue so that both the victims and offenders could get justice. If we continue to take all thieves to the prison, our correctional centres will become congested. There should be a way to reform the offenders and reintegrated them to the society,” he stated.
The Chief Judge of Kebbi State, Justice Umar Abubakar, represented by Justice Sabiu Bala Shuaibu declared the workshop open.
