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The Nigerian government has vowed to jail any serving local government chairman or councillor found embezzling the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee allocations for LGs. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi disclosed this on Thursday at the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) lectures in Abuja. His comments come amid the recent Supreme Court judgment endorsing Local Government Autonomy. According to Fagbemi, the Chairman and Councillors are without immunity hence they can be charged in court over corruption. He urged local gover…

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