Trails alleged N7bn judgment bribery cash

The Federal Government, through the Department of State Security (DSS), is set to carry out more arrests of judges across the country.

Specifically, the DSS will soon go after judges who served on election petition tribunals.

Daily Sun gathered yesterday that “investigations by security agencies showed that money allegedly changed hands between some judges and agents of some serving governors on some election cases, before and after the 2015 general elections.

“In the course of investigation, it was discovered that a serving governor allegedly paid N2 billion to judges who sat on the election petition tribunal and when the matter got to the Appeal Court, the same governor parted with N5 billion.

“The money was paid about three weeks ago.”

Meanwhile, rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has said the arrested judges are not above the law.

Falana spoke on Television Continental (TVC) in Lagos, yesterday.

“I don’t support the illegal detention of anybody but it must not be limited to lawyers and that is why, unlike our colleagues now, who are shouting from the rooftops, whenever any citizen is detained illegally, we come out; whether you are a poor man, a big man or even a labourer, we don’t limit…

“We don’t discriminate. That was what I was telling my colleagues; let us have a common standard with respect to the treatment of criminal suspects in our country.

“Don’t shout yourself hoarse when big people are arrested or detained because that is discriminatory and that means you are only there to defend the rich and powerful people.”

Asked if the arrests undermined the independence of the Judiciary, Falana replied: “I do not agree with that because the majority of judges in Nigeria are decent, incorruptible and men and women of integrity.

“To that extent, I would not want to believe that the independence of the judiciary has been undermined in any way.

“What we should do very quickly now, as responsible people of the legal profession, is to tidy up our loose ends, strengthen our disciplinary mechanisms, both at the Bar and at the Bench and quickly move against those who are destroying the image of the profession; those denting the integrity of the Judiciary of our country.

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Is dis propaganda? It sure look so sweet to d ears. Omo see money, no more millions but billions, if dis wereto btrue then d judges deserves even worse treatment than dis but we all know dis APC led admin, lies n propaganda makes dia trademark

Good move