ABJ4Real:
People were not asking how the Judges came about the huge amount of money recovered from their houses. The Judiciary is completely out of sync with the aspiration of this government to fight corruption to a standstill. The process may have been 'short-circuited', but the country will be better for it.

TheGoodJoe:
The DSS is talking of over $500,000 of bribe money found in a house of a judge and Lawyers are talking anarchy.

When will we have lawyers fighting to curb the corruption in the Judicial system.

Even though NJC backs them.

zikter:
evidences are presented to the court and not to individuals on nairaland. DSS say they have evidence, so wait until they present it to court. I bet if they give you the evidence here, u will accuse them of judging people on pages of newspapers

masseratti:
i surely don't get this, it seems we have over rate the power of the NJC, Judges are not exempt from investigations, a fellow Judge would have given the dss a warrant they won't just go in just like that, and the funny part is the judges will be tried by their fellow Judges.

krendo:


You are the sick one brother

Selective war against corruption is a type of corruption as well

As we speak government money is currently being looted!

Akainzo:


Which part of our law gives immunity to judges?
Which part of our laws says judges can't be arrested?

If a judge commits a crime of rape, is it NJC that will decide the matter?

Judges are protected within the context of doing their constitutional job and that does not include committing crimes.

While you are advising people to read, please read up on the Nigeria Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and wonder why our judges aren't following it. Why are judges choosing the laws to practice?

baby124:
Story for the gods. Let them go and defend the money they were caught with. Even though totally crude, these judges had to. Be caught red handed with their loot and disgraced. Or we will be joking when we try to sanitize the judiciary as they will keep playing games around their corrupt practices. Now let them be dismissed by the judicial council as they have been caught red handed. Obviously DSS is tailing a lot of people and they have eyes and ears where people don't realize.

universalMan:


If you were not dangerously sick sir, you would understand that selective war against corruption is preferable to no war at all.

Herrmes:
Do you serve warrants in raids?

Pennywise:
Nigerians need to come out in the streets to demonstrate against the enemies of Nigeria.

The NBA is number one among them - a den of corruption. Fixers of Judgements.

Little boys and girls are being made SAN everyday who in turn pull off spectacular judgements using paid judges. How long do they expect this would last.

These lawyers are not speaking for the integrity of the bench they are afraid for themselves because they know they are well known to law enforcement and they will be next.

Real legal practice in Nigeria is dead. Just corrupt wheelers and dealers.

This raid is a victory of good over evil, a necessary first step that should have been done a long time since Buhari was sworn in.

The NBA after declaring their state of emergency should do the next logical thing and disband.

Charly68:
Do the security men need warrant to arrest criminals ? They have been moving cash up & down and so they ought to be trapped direct without any leakage.. Shame on them.

kcnwaigbo:

So intimidating Court judges is now how to fight corruption?

Herrmes:
How do you raid someone's house without it being permissible by the law makers? That alone is a crime, then you go ahead to cuff him/her? That's tyranny and abject disobedience of law and order.

LordVarys:
Let's see how far the dictator goes with this. He'll certainly bite more than he can chew. Nigeria survived Abacha, we can certainly survive this. Next time people would be wiser when voting.
For the first time since the end of military rule, I am actually afraid of a Nigerian govt.

Abagworo:


We need a President with absolute powers that will introduce death penalty for corruption as done in China and elsewhere. I voted Buhari 99% to fight corruption and I'm angry there's no firing squad for the wicked looters.

Charly68:
Do the security men need warrant to arrest criminals ? They have been moving cash up & down and so they ought to be trapped direct without any leakage.. Shame on them.

obyrich:
Buhari is not fighting corruption but his 'enemies'.

obyrich:
Buhari is not fighting corruption but his 'enemies'.

MadeInTokyo:
Mahmoud, who said it was not the responsibility of the DSS to arrest judges, described the DSS action as an unconstitutional means of intimidating the judiciary and undermining its independence.


Buhari and his uncle Mamman Daura are disgrace to Democracy

simpleseyi:
NBA is right on this one. Brothers should protect each other's interest. The NBA and the Body of Benchers (Judges) are brothers in crime, so they should cover each other's back. Some so called senior lawyers are in court because they gave bribes to some senior rogue judges. We shall not tolerate corruption in the judiciary. One corrupt lawyer has advised fellow corrupt lawyers to boycott the courts. That will be very interesting, I hope the judges too will go on strike. When the courts and the lawyers go on strike, then the DSS and the EFCC will arrest more corrupt lawyers and judges and they will all be at Kuje Prisons without trial for a very long time. Thieves supporting fellow thieves.

Fawklicant:



This is as illiterate as they get. The above comment reeks of crass stupidity and a reckless and dangerous display of ignorance. But I'm not really surprised knowing that it is coming from you, I just didnt know your standards or lack thereof could get any lower. Kids everywhere.

Herrmes:
I'm not saying they're innocent, I'm just saying follow the right procedure.

arcnomec:
I just feel so sorry for those in support of what DSS did .In a democratical setting,you don't do this.That's why we have check and balances in governance .Same way a military officer accused of wrong doing will have to appear before a court martial to prove his innocence and if found guilty will be discharged and if the offence is weighty,he is imprisoned by the same military.Note: no external influence.So also a judge who is accused is to be tried by the NJC and if found guilty will be jailed by the police on the orders of the council.

Except the benchers are cowards to just let this slide ,if not there will be great deluge between the presidency and the benchers.
Permit me to say,no country is ever free from corruption,because it is these corrupt individuals that are not afraid of investing,thereby growing the economy of a nation.

I like the fight against corruption but it must be done within the arm bit of the law.
You are here singing praises to DSS n the so called powers that be that authorize the raid of those judges home,how many of the police men who take bribe every seconds of they day have you called to be raided .Nonsense