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    Corruption Offences and Penalties in Nigeria: A Critical and Comparative Analysis of the Criminal and Penal Codes Provisions
    (UNIMAID Journal of Private and Property Law, 2020) Idowu, Oladimeji
    This study presents a critical evaluation of the anti-corruption law in Nigeria; turning specifically to a comparative discussion of the Criminal and Penal Codes provisions on corruption offences. In Nigeria, the law reports are replete with numerous cases where corruption offences litigations are lost due to confusion occasioned by wrong interpretations given to certain provisions on corruption offences. This study, therefore, analyses corruption offences in Nigeria, with a view to drawing useful in sights in order to provide better guidance to the courts, lawyers and laymen in understanding the distinguishing features of some of the corruption offences. The study adopted the doctrinal methodology, and thus focused on the lex lata (the law as it exists) of the offences of corruption as opposed to the lex ferenda (what the law should be) and identifies bribery and fraud as major among corruption offences created under the two codes. The legal elements of the offences discussed are clearly spelt out. The study found certain provisions to be obsolete, ambiguous, and non-responsive to advancement in the society and new trends of corrupt practices. Drawing from the analyses provided, the study arrived at a set of recommendations, including that the two codes should be imbued with legal mechanism capable of preventing commission of corruption offences and provisions for restitution and forfeiture.