The Federal Government has commenced the arrest of judges
who purportedly took bribe to subvert justice in their rulings on the 2015
general elections.
The Department of State Services, DSS, last night arrested
two Supreme Court justices for their alleged roles in subverting justice in
favour of one of the two leading political parties in Akwa Ibom State and
another state in the South East.
The secret police also apprehended three judges from Sokoto,
Bauchi and Kano, who were also taken into custody.
Disclosing the arrest of the judges, a source in the Federal
Ministry of Justice told Vanguard that, “The Federal Government has commenced
the arrest and detention of some corrupt judges as part of its effort to
cleanse the judiciary.
“This exercise has just begun and will continue until the
bad eggs are flushed out to give the country a new lease of life.
”The operation may not be concluded tonight but I can assure
you that we will carry it to a logical conclusion in the overall interest of
the nation.”
It was learnt that a popular Federal High Court judge in
Abuja from the South West and another who recently countered his colleague’s
judgement relating to the ongoing crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
were also arrested.
Also, some alleged fraudulent court registrars were said to
be taken into custody.
Earlier, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike had
intervened when a combined team of the DSS and the Police came for a judge in
Port Harcourt .
-DP
lt is now very clear that Buhari's APC has come to throw democracy and the rule of law into the waste bin. With the arrest of these judges, Buhari has systemaically usurped or suspended the powers of the National Judicial Council. We are really seeing the coulours of change.
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