“Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any mismanaged public funds should be fully recovered.”Information Guide Nigeria

In a letter dated January 1, 2022, and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said the most satisfactory and effective way to demonstrate the often-repeated commitments to address insecurity in the country is to promptly and thoroughly probe persistent allegations of corruption in spending of security votes by state governors.

SERAP said: “As revealed in a recent report by Transparency International (TI), most of the funds appropriated as security votes are spent on political activities, mismanaged or simply stolen. It is estimated that security votes add up to over N241.2 billion every year. On top of appropriated security votes, state governments also receive millions of dollars yearly as international security assistance”. jamb results

“Longstanding allegations of corruption and mismanagement of security votes have hugely contributed to growing insecurity in the country and failure of authorities to effectively discharge their constitutional responsibility in ensuring the security and welfare of their own people.

“Pervasive tendency by public officers to regard or treat security votes as their personal entitlement or funds is antithetical to the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 (as amended) and international standards. Security votes should be used for improving the security situation in the states or returned to the public treasury.”