By Femi Falana SAN(Being the text of the keynote address delivered at the Pan-African High-Level Dialogue on Accountability in Lagos, Nigeria, 10-11, September 2026)
INTRODUCTION – THE WRONG QUESTION
The organisers of this dialogue have posed a question which is both timely and provocative: Have We...
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