AS operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have launched an offensive against former Governors perceived to have “toyed” with state funds in the country, a legal luminary, Chief Ladi Rotimi-Williams , has advocated public execution for such officials.
Already, three Ex-Governors , Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State; Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and Alahaji Akwe Doma of Nasarrawa State, are facing serious interrogation over alleged embezzlement of funds, totaling N191billion, from EFCC operatives. They may be charged to court, “any time from now.”
Another former Governor, Mohammed Goje of Gombe State, has been declared wanted over suspected embezzlement of government funds, running into several billions of Naira.
Speaking during a special interview with National Daily on his perspective of 51 years of Nigeria's Independence, the scion of the famous Williams Family of Lagos, which is renowned for its legal prowess, having been offspring of late Chief Rotimi Williams, popularly called: “Timi the Law,”, his first son, Ladi, said:
“The fundamental problem Nigeria has is corruption. Corruption, which has permeated the entire fabric of the society .
Corruption, which has stunted our socio-economic and political growth.”
He identified, what he referred to as the other major problem as Infrastructure, saying, “we need good road networks, electricity, cheap fuel and so on.”
Ladi Williams, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), stated that for the country to move forward, in the present circumstances, “we should apply the Chinese solution: Execution.”
In a detailed analysis of such a recipe, he said, “Once you are convicted of corruption, it is not enough to say, “we have retired you. No. If you are corrupt, you should be executed, otherwise, “this nation will not move forward.”
Obviously giving his own assessment of EFCC's performance under the Presidency of DR. Goodluck Jonathan, he said, “we are wasting our time.
Jonathan does not have to be a lion to rule the country.”
Giving a legal dent to the nation\s 51 years of Independence, Ladi Williams said, “I thimk the law of the land should be revised to deal ruthlessly with Corruption and nothing short of execution will stop corruption.”
Ruminating over the earnings of Federal lawmakers in the country, he said, “ a state of emergency has to be declared to fight all the levels of corruption and over-bloated pay from government coffers.”
In taking a critical look at the perceived injustice being unleashed on the Nigerian masses, the legal juggernaut said, “May be when you suppress the people for so long, a time will come when they will now say: 'Enough is enough” and they will come out.”
But, he quickly noted that, “even though we have not gotten to that stage, we neend a revolution. A revolution that will maintain the unity of Nigeria must replace by displacing injustice.”
Ladi Williams commented on the controversial N18,000 minimum wage as well as purported removal of subsidy on petroleum products, saying:
