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March 13, 2020
The Senate has passed for secondreading a bill seeking to amend provisions of the constitution to qualifycriminal charges for some public officers under Section 308. The sectionprovides immunity for sitting President, Vice President, Governors and theirDeputies.
If the proposed legislation ispassed, Vice President, Governors and their deputies would lose immunity fromcriminal liability where the offence involves misappropriation of public fundsor incitement of violence. The amendment however, does not affect a sittingPresident.
According to the Bill sponsored byDeputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, the act provides for qualification ofthe immunity clause to exclude immunity for Public Officers referred to insection 308 from criminal liability where the offence involves misappropriationof funds belonging to the Federal, State or Local Government and also the useof thugs to foment violence.