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Judges Boycott Courts In Abuja To Protest Arrest Of Colleagues by NaijaMutant(f): 9:51pm On Oct 10, 2016
Judges in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday abandoned their various duty posts to protest last weekend’s arrest of their colleagues in different parts of the country on allegations of corruption.
BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKOCT 10, 2016

Judges in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday abandoned their various duty posts to protest last weekend’s arrest of their colleagues in different parts of the country on allegations of corruption.

The Department of State Security (DSS), which carried out the arrests, claimed to have found incriminating documents and foreign currencies in the homes of the affected judicial officers.

The journalists who besieged the Magistrate court located at the Life Camp in Abuja as early as 8:00 am to cover the arraignment of the arrested judges waited endlessly as the case neither came up nor did the judges appear.

It was gathered that some of the judges boycotted the courtroom in solidarity with their colleagues, and were attending a meeting at the FCT High Court in Maitamawhere a position will be taken either to declare a total boycott of the courts or to maintain a neutral posture in the matter.

One of the lawyers who spoke to journalists, Princewell Ebubedike berated the action of the judges saying it would amount to aiding and abetting corruption in the judiciary, which is the last hope of the common man, thereby eroding public confidence in the justice system. He condemned the manner in which the security agents made their arrests without proper recourse to procedure.



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Re: Judges Boycott Courts In Abuja To Protest Arrest Of Colleagues by azerbaijanbase: 10:06pm On Oct 10, 2016
Somalia would be Paradise when compared to Nigeria- Nnamdi Kanu.

Meaning, Nigeria would be the world's most emblematic failed state , without a functional central government, and its capacity to provide key public goods to its citizens would collapsed. States would become more fragile as a result of violent conflict; particularly, violent conflict is more likely to occur in fragile states.

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Re: Judges Boycott Courts In Abuja To Protest Arrest Of Colleagues by NaijaMutant(f): 10:15pm On Oct 10, 2016
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Re: Judges Boycott Courts In Abuja To Protest Arrest Of Colleagues by Mynd44: 4:50am On Oct 11, 2016

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