USING OUR LEGAL TOOTH TO REDUCE CORRUPTION
A write up by ABDULGANIY .O. ABDULGANIY a student of Law at Lagos State University. USING OUR LEGAL TOOTH TO REDUCE CORRUPTION The word ‘corruption’ has been the topic of argument amongst Nigeria scholars, elites and the unlettered as the problem of Nigeria. Corruption originated from the Greek word ‘corruptus’ which means ‘derived.’ According to black law dictionary, corruption is defined as ‘a vicious and fraudulent intention to evade the prohibitions of the law; something against or forbidden by law ; moral turpitude or exactly opposite of honesty involving intentional disregard of law from improper motives’ in other words, it the act of an official or fiduciary person unlawfully and wrongfully uses his station character to procure some benefit for himself or for another person, contrary to duty and the rights of others. Corruption can be divided into two; financially induced corruption and structurally induced corruption. Financially induced corruption can be s