In the past decade or so, the subject of plea bargaining has assumed a, hitherto lacking, currency and has become more topical in Nigeria. This owes to the activities of the anti-corruption agencies which have, of recent, tended to use it in the resolution of cases. This increased use has resulted in outrage and condemnation of the practice. In order to ameliorate the perceived abuse of the practice of plea bargaining, the new criminal procedure statute, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 (ACJA), attempts to make comprehensive provisions to guard against its abuse. This article critically assesses the provisions of the ACJA on plea bargaining. It finds that the provisions are unduly broad, verbose and clumsy. Many are superfluous and overlap with others. It suggests an amendment of the statute in order to streamline such provisions.

在过去十年左右的时间里，辩诉交易的主题已经成为一种迄今为止缺乏的货币，并且在尼日利亚变得更加热门。这要归功于反腐败机构的活动，这些机构最近倾向于使用它来解决案件。这种增加的使用导致了对这种做法的愤怒和谴责。为了改善认罪交易实践的滥用行为，新的刑事诉讼法，即 2015 年刑事司法管理​​法 ( ACJA )，试图制定全面的规定以防止其滥用。本文批判性地评估了ACJA的规定关于辩诉交易。它认为这些规定过于宽泛、冗长和笨拙。许多是多余的并且与其他的重叠。它建议修改法规以简化这些规定。