Sources within the Department of State Security
(DSS) have revealed that the implemented Bank
Verification Number (BVN) was responsible for
its operative to trace several millions to alleged
corrupt judges who are currently in its custody.
Recall that seven judges- Justice Inyang Okoro
and Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court;
Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court,
Abuja; Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court; Muazu
Pindiga of Gombe High Court, Mohammed
Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, and the
Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike-
have been arrested and currently in detention at
the SSS office.
In a report by Vanguard newspaper, DSS access
to the bank accounts of the detained judges and
revealed that they had been taking bribes from
many sources in the discharge of their duties but
used the names and pictures of their wives,
children and siblings to open such banks
account.
“When we brought in most of the children, wives
and relatives of the suspects based on the papers
we got from the banks, they did not even have an
idea that their names had been used by the judges
to open such accounts.
“But you see under the Bank Verification Number,
you must put in your passports, name, signature
and others. So, for some of the judges, who used
fake names and their wives names to open the
accounts into which they paid in the proceeds of
crime, they foolishly appended their signatures or
used their pictures, something that gave them out.
“From what we have found out, some of the
suspects acted foolishly in committing the offence
because they cannot prove that even if their
children were to earn N1 million monthly since
they were born till date, none of them can
accumulate the amount of money we have traced to
their accounts and the type of property they have.
“Look, it may interest you to know that one of the
two Supreme Court judges in our custody has a
property worth N1.5 billion in one of the South-
South states. If we may ask, where did he get the
money to set up such project?”
“As far as we are concerned, there is nothing
unusual in arresting corrupt judges and taking
them to court because it would be an offence
against the nation to continue to turn a blind eye
to mounting corruption in the judiciary.’’
The report also pointed that another judge, who
is being detained and questioned, disguised as a
shopper in one of the supermarkets and ended
up collecting bribes in Dollars from a ‘client’ only
to be caught on CCTV camera.
Commenting on the botched arrest of a judge in
Rivers by Governor Nyesom Wike
, the official wondered what Mr Wike went to do
at that time of the night, if he was not part of
the judge’s deal.
“It was the governor, who blocked the DSS
operatives from seizing the $2 million crime
proceeds, which the judge had made from the PDP
crisis stoked by a faction backed by the governor.
“But for the our highly professional operatives and
service direction, we would have beaten up Wike
that night so that he would have explanations to
make on why he went to a crime scene at odd
hours and aided a suspect to move $2 million
crime proceeds to an unknown location.
“But we already have an idea of where the money
was moved to and we are going to retrieve it and
bring the judge to trial. As a matter of fact, we are
going to treat the Port Harcourt FHC judge case as
a ‘special case’, given his collusion with the
governor to obstruct our work.
“The behaviour of the judge has worsened his
case. In the last three months, the judge has been
going across the Nigerian borders with other
countries collecting bribes for himself and others.’’
The source also indicated that the judges might
be allowed to go home as soon as they
answered the questions put to them by the
operatives, adding that they were being given
royal treatment, in view of their status and the
need to give them a conducive atmosphere to
speak up.
Meanwhile, Police authorities is set to sanction
the commissioner of police in Rivers state
, Francis Odesanya for his role in the foiled
arrest of a judge of the Federal High Court, Port
Harcourt by Rivers state governor, Nyesome
Wike.
cc: lalasticlala

Too long. Ftc

Walai, how I wish I'm Buhari.


Yes power is meant to be put to effect.


Since Baba has the support of the masses, no skin pain.
Any which way to fight corruption na WAY.

Sia Baba.

Sai #ZeroCoruption