The Federal High Court, FHC, has refuted a report that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, funded the training of its judges in London.
A report went viral last week suggesting AMCON funded the judges’ trip to London as a form of inducement, but the court registrar has come out to refute the claims.
The chief registrar of FHC, Sulaiman Hassan, made the clarification on Sunday in a statement in Abuja.
Hassan said that contrary to the media report, National Judicial Council, NJC, funded the training.
According to him, AMCON and NFIU’s involvement in the programme was purely participatory, as experts in their specialised fields.
Also, the CR described the report as untrue.
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“An online report by Sahara Reporters, dated 4th August, 2023 concerning the Federal High Court has caught the attention of the Chief Registrar and by extension, the Honourable Chief Judge and judges of the court.
“The report is titled ‘Controversy Surrounds Flying of Judges to London for training by Nigeria’s Asset Recovery Agency, AMCON’.
“It desperately sought to misinform undiscerning members of the public that the London trip is a calculated effort by AMCON and NFIU to financially induce the judges in the discharge of their duties.
“The malicious portrayal of AMCON as funding the judges’ trip to London for training at a huge expense was nothing short of CRASS MISINFORMATION.
“The report is entirely FALSE, and a figment of the imagination of the reporter. It is designed to malign Federal High Court’s image,” he said.
According to him, the Federal High Court of Nigeria organised and funded the training through the National Judicial Council.
