The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reacted to the arrest and detention of two Supreme Court Justices and judges on Saturday by men of the Department.



The DSS has claimed N93 million was recovered from the residences of the judicial officers but the NBA has declared a judicial state of emergency until their release.



The NBA President Abubakar Mahmoud, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, JB Daudu SAN and others were at a press conference as they promised: “grave consequences if the judges are not released immediately.”


http://www.metronaija.com/2016/10/nba-demands-release-of-detained-supreme.html

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democracy is dead .....

Better late than never
NBA good morning.

Are Judges allowed to be corrupt? Are Judges and Lawyers above the law?

after losing the battle with legislators, buhari want another war with the judiciary, of course he will lose. Democracy is alien to him

It is the job of National Judiciary Council to discipline corrupt judges.

If the DSS have taken upon this job, then it means the executive have just passed a vote of no confidence on the NJC.

Next will be the Legislature

Even my grandma's tales of the Biafran war is not as scary as what DSS just did. For the love of Mike is there no other way of going about prosecuting these Judges other than this braggadocio?

We are in trouble!

So Sorry for this country

SuperS1Panther:
Are Judges allowed to be corrupt? Are Judges and Lawyers above the law?

Is that how to arrest people without any warrant, some of you guys are sick in the brain in Nigeria.

This is a shame, real shame.
I hope those applauding Buhari on this matter realize how gravely dangerous this is. An attack on the judiciary is an attack on the common man. When Buhari succeeds in pocketing the judiciary through these harrasment and intimidation, the common man would be left exposed with nowhere to run to.

Every right thinking Nigerian must rise and condemn this unholy act of Buhari before it's too late.

Nigerians should resist this attempt by Buhari APC led government to brutalise Judiciary to become their subject.

CandyDiamond:

Is that how to arrest people without any warrant, some of you guys are sick in the brain in Nigeria.

read number 4 sis.
That should tell you search warrant was issued ..........

I don't understand, these legal minds should please educate us on what the police or dss should have done in a case where even the CJN was found to be taking bribe?

they shouldnt tell me NJC please its member's are picked by the Chief Judge.

CandyDiamond:

Is that how to arrest people without any warrant, some of you guys are sick in the brain in Nigeria.

If you are corrupt and it has been well established, i careless about one stup1d warrant. When he was being corrupt, he did not need any warrant to be and when he is being arrested for his crime too, warrant is not required.

SuperS1Panther:
Are Judges allowed to be corrupt? Are Judges and Lawyers above the law?

is it d work of executive to arrest judiciary? Lik u lack education

NgeneUkwenu:
Useless threat! Are the Judges above the law?

The same useless NBA who aides and abets this criminals acivities in the Judiciary are the ones Issuing Useless threat....No surprises here!

DSS should charge them to court and disregard this cash and carry Lawyers!

executive to charge judiciary to court , another equal arm? Is dat how it should b? Now i knw u re not only a man but one witout brain

SuperS1Panther:


If you are corrupt and it has been well established, i careless about one stup1d warrant. When he was being corrupt, he did not need any waraant to be and when he is being arrested fr his crime too, warrant is not required.

[/b]And you want Nigeria to be good and better place to live[b], that is why some people are agitating for Biafra where they believe that rule of law and justice for all will reign supreme.

Raids are carried out by security agencies against judges,even in saner climes when evidence or even a whiff of corruption is found against even just a single judge,talkless of where the entire institution here has been corrupted.
Infact,sometimes even the security agencies pose as undercover agents and if a judge is recorded to as so much willing to accept a bribe or serve as a go between for any other judge,without even actually taking it,its a serious offence for which he/she is charged and prosecuted by d state.That is how highly demanding the integrity of judges in saner climes are.
What NBA shud ask for is speedy charging of the judges to court,not insisting that the security agencies cannot carry out their duties.They shud also voice out against any selectiveness,which is the hallmark of this govt.
A corrupt judge is a threat to national security,as evidenced in the happenings in Rivers state,so DSS is well within it's core mandate of protecting national security.

hucienda:
NBA just dey wake?

Anyway I expect Falana to defend the FG in court as usual.

In company of Fests Keyamo.

chaloner:
is it d work of executive to arrest judiciary? Lik u lack education

no executive is arresting the Judiciary, the head of the executive has immunity from such prosecution but the head of the judiciary does not.

chaloner:
is it d work of executive to arrest judiciary? Lik u lack education

Was it the Executive that arrested the Judges ? Mind you Judges were arrested and not the Judiciary.

Is it a crime for DSS to fulfil their constitutional duties?

doctokwus:
Raids are carried out by security agencies against judges,even in saner climes when evidence or even a whiff of corruption is found against even just a single judge,talkless of where the entire institution here has been corrupted.
Infact,sometimes even the security agencies pose as undercover agents and if a judge is recorded to as so much willing to accept a bribe or serve as a go between for any other judge,without even actually taking it,its a serious offence for which he/she is charged and prosecuted by d state.That is how highly demanding the integrity of judges in saner climes are.
What NBA shud ask for is speedy charging of the judges to court,not insisting that the security agencies cannot carry out their duties.They shud also voice out against any selectiveness,which is the hallmark of this govt.
A corrupt judge is a threat to national security,as evidenced in the happenings in Rivers state,so DSS is well within it's duties.

After giving this whole epistle, I thought you'd at least support your claim with at least one example of a similar gestapo raid on a judge in 'saner' climes.

CandyDiamond:

[/b]And you want Nigeria to be good and better place to live[b], that is why some people are agitating for Biafra where they believe that rule of law and justice for all will reign supreme.

Speed up the actualisation of your mirage. You have been on it for 50years. Unfortunately for you, you have another 50 years to go.

Rev up your strength for the journey ahead is still far.

This was how Morsi of Egypt started before he was overthrown.

Bulgari beware.

Everybody should join hand and redeem nigeria from this tyrant called buhari,I don mean zombies but well meaning Nigerians.

chaloner:
executive to charge judiciary to court , another equal arm? Is dat how it should b? Now i knw u re not only a man but one witout brain

Most of you are illiterates who litter cyber space with incoherent jargon. So a corrupt judge is now the Judiciary?

hucienda:
NBA just dey wake?

Anyway I expect Falana to defend the FG in court as usual.

they should tell us the alternative or are we going to say there are no corrupt judge on Nigeria?

nwabobo:


After giving this whole epistle, I thought you'd at least support your claim with at least one example of a similar gestapo raid on a judge in 'saner' climes.

If u cannot use google in this age,then u have no biz in any intellectual discourse.