Eight more senior judges are under investigation and will soon be arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) as part of its latest attempt to cleanse the judiciary of corruption, Daily Trust gathered yesterday.

Seven judges were earlier arrested in different states across the country between Friday night and Saturday morning over alleged corrupt practices.

A top official of the service told Daily Trust that the seven senior judges arrested were still in custody and would be arraigned in court any moment.

The judges in custody last night are: Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court, Mu’azu Pindiga of the Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin and the Chief Judge of Enugu State Justice I. A. Umezulike.

The DSS said Saturday that it recovered over N93 million and $530,000 cash from three arrested judges. The source said the judges were allowed access to their families and were cooperating with the agency.

“We still respect them. They are not being treated like common criminals,” he said.

As part of the investigations, three registry staff from various courts were also invited for questioning, the source said.

He added that the corruption cases against the judges were disturbing and investigations were carried out with “facts and figures.”
He said the current clampdown on the judicial officers was based on intelligence, and not on the perception of ordinary Nigerians.
“We received petitions against these judges on cases they are handling.

The worst part of it is where they collected money. We knew the issue would be controversial even before we started,” he said, adding that the corruption in the judiciary was so enormous that some judges took money with both hands from litigants.

“A particular judge entered a departmental store and collected bribe from a go-between. He didn’t even bother to buy anything. He just came out with the money. That is how bad it has become,” he said.

He said Nigeria had lost so much money due to the compromising posture of most of the judges. Citing the corruption cases of Halliburton, Malabu and Siemens, the security chief said: “In the past four years, Nigeria lost multi-million dollars cases against foreigners because of the corruption in the judiciary. Nigeria lost $1.9billion in one swoop case.”

He said those organizations criticizing the current actions of the security outfit had the right to challenge its constitutionality or otherwise in court.
He said the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which earlier condemned the DSS operation, “should have the courage to take us to court.”
He said the DSS intervened because it had the mandate to protect the internal security of the country.

“No any other agency is constitutionality mandated to handle the issues of subversion, sabotage and espionage apart from us,” he said.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) had earlier recommended the sack of justices Auta, Tsamiya and Umezulike for alleged corrupt activities. But the security chief said that was not enough, adding, “The NJC gave soft landing to the three judges. What happened to the proceeds of crime running into hundreds of millions?”

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/dss-to-arrest-8-more-judges-7-still-in-custody/165978.html#i12WAGVz4v6xjfBv.99

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Hmmm

Who says this is fighting corruption?

How are we sure this is not a circus show aimed at arm twisting the judges to dance to the tunes of certain people or party

As usual, the phoooolish are all over the place, having orgas.mms with this news without asking themselves the most important question which is : what has come out of atleast one of the phantom corruption cases.

Of course, this move will trend for a week or two then be forgotten as usual as the next propaganda is brewed and served.

Chai APC came prepared, they have the magic mumu formula.

Last Monday was PEJ and her phantom millions of usd's trending. What came out of it? Dunno which is more pathetic ; the lies or the phoools swallowing the lies. Tufiakwa

ifyalways:
Who says this is fighting corruption?

How are we sure this is not a circus show aimed at arm twisting the judges to dance to the tunes of certain people or party

As usual, the phoooolish are all over the place, having orgas.mms with this news without asking themselves the most important question which is : what has come out of atleast one of the phantom corruption cases.

Of course, this move will trend for a week or two then be forgotten as usual as the next propaganda is brewed and served.

Chai APC came prepared, they have the magic mumu formula.

Were those monies plus hard currencies which my people call "Ego Igwe" found on them?

See according to Inibehe Effiong We must draw a line between fighting corrupt judges and fighting the judiciary. We should know whether the issue is about procedure or the substance of the allegations against the judges.
We have to take a stand on this issue for the sake of posterity.

Arrest them all!! And if any mentally unstable governor chose to pull another stupid stunt, shoot him in his right leg.

Hop dis is not all about intimidating and silencing them. I just dnt understand this country again.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Vendetta

United State's FBI is not the same with Nigerian DSS

Since the eventual spate over the recent activities of the Nigerian DSS, I have been on the sideline. With a part of me in support of the arrests, because to be frank, the Judicairy is our one big problem. And then the other part of me not in support of the kangaroo arrest because we cannot correct a wrong doing through a wrong doing. We cannot cure madness with madness, except we want to end up having a republic of madness.

But I do not wish to remain on the sidelines giving recent articles that seeks to justify, at all cost, the activities of our DSS by equating them with United States FBI. Though, this is not to say I am out to swell the ranks of those who are against the arrests, but I am out merely to put a torch of Information upon shades of ignorance.

Without mincing words then, FBI is never and never will be an equivalent of our own DSS/SSS. Why ? The United states have their own DSS/SSS with a photocopy function of our own DSS/SSS. FBI is the United State Federal Police and this is the equivalent of our own Nigerian Police Force NPF.

This means the articles peddled around here meant to justify the DSS arrests by comparing it with that of FBI actually did the opposit. Since the FBI is equal to our own NPF, this means, going by the argument of those in support of the arrests, it is the NPF that ought to have carried out the arrests and not the Presidency controlled DSS.

Now, lets ask some improtant question:
Do we think Nigerian Judiciary is shady ? Absolutely.
Can we solve this shadiness by shady means ? Of course not. This will make the offended no better than the offenders. More importantly, we are looking for JUSTICE not REVENGE.

This is barbaric. There are so much children of hate and lawlessness here on nairaland.

Arrest them all . The judiciary cannot afford to be a place where corruption is traded like bread and butter ..Any well meaning Nigerian will endorse this

Nigerians are religiously but are not Godly.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) had earlier recommended the sack of justices Auta, Tsamiya and Umezulike for alleged corrupt activities. But the security chief said that was not enough, adding, “The NJC gave soft landing to the three judges. What happened to the proceeds of crime running into hundreds of millions?”




So the NJC didn't give the DSS green light to carry out the raid.
I will be monitoring the trials with keenness.

Arrest all of them. The same judges that will convict a common thief will discharge a politician that stole billions.

Due to there corrupt atrocities monies recovered can not 've spent because cases were frustrated.

This people are drunk oo!

Irresponsible and lawless government, if you must fight corruption fight in the right way.

Ride on

Who go come judge them?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/corruption-china-mp-sentenced-death/
till this started happening in Nigeria those thieves will not learn.

Arrest dem all, baba I de with you..... there are thousands of Nigerians in prison who are awaiting trial and they've already spent close to 20years without trial ...

Imagine there is always enough evidence to convict a common man but they can easily dismiss politicians corrupt cases and called it lack of evidence

see them pronouncing them guilty on the pages of newspaper- Media trial . The DSS has become the Lawyer, the judge and the jury .

The DSS cum the executive arm of the of the government has dealt a serious blow on the judiciary .They have invaded an independent arm of the government and will eventually charge the judiciary to court .. Wait a minute .. To whose court ? To the judiciary's court ?

when will they arrest the Recession, what is Buhari plan for Nigeria?

first he chased the NASS, then Patience, and the list goes on, is that what will happen for the next 2 and a half years

what is Buhari Achievement so far?



its a miracle how this dumbo became president and does not know what to do

since he came on board he has been disgracing himself and the country, getting involved in petty fights with the backing of his zombie hordes , he should continue. He is doing a better job than Nnamdi kanu in dividing he country

I do not pity any corrupt judge because they showed no mercy when they were selling justice.

We r watching dis war against corruption with both eyes

Breeze don blow!!!!

What of Justice Gabriel Kolawale of Abuja Federal High court? that man is corrupt and need to be arrested as well,

#istandwithdss

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Nobody is against fight against corruption, it is the mode and selective approach and the manner it is carried out. Many of us want holistic approach without any sacred cows bc of ethnicity, party or religious affinity. Your poll should rather be:

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