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The ongoing crackdown on senior judges across the country will not end without the arrest of a judge attached to the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court.

Sources at the State Security Services (SSS), said Mohammed Liman allegedly took bribes from Governor Nyesom Wike to give favourable judgment to the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The sources also accused the judge of habitually crossing Nigerian borders to allegedly receive bribes from litigants.

In a nationwide operation, scores of SSS operatives descended on the homes of senior judges between late Friday and Saturday, arresting seven of them after searching their residences.

The development sparked divergent reactions across the country, with some Nigerians and professional bodies condemning the raids.

Most of the critics said the raids were reminiscent of the dark military era which Nigerians assumed had ended with the return of democracy in 1999.

But an undaunted SSS in a statement Saturday said the nocturnal operation yielded recoveries of huge sums of money denominated in different currencies, including the U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds.

On Sunday evening, a top SSS official told news men that operatives were still tracking Mr. Liman and would ensure his arrest in the coming days after the initial attempt was thwarted by Mr. Wike.

Mr. Liman is among eight other judges being investigated apart from the seven arrested in the Friday night raids.

The source said Mr. Liman allegedly took bribes to subvert justice in the leadership tussle within the PDP which has left the party factionalised for several months.

Mr. Liman’s July ruling authenticated the Ahmed Makarfi faction‎ of the PDP which had been deemed illegal by Justice Okon Abang.

The PDP crisis culminated in another botched convention in August, although the opposing parties are currently working to end the quagmire.

“We received a petition that he (Mr. Liman) received bribes to give his ruling and our investigations confirmed it,” a top SSS official told news men.

The source added that Mr. Liman is “also a distributor” who receives bribes on behalf of other judges and helps distribute it.

“He travels across the border to Ghana, Republic of Benin and other West African countries to meet lawyers in hotels to take bribes for himself and his colleagues on the bench,” he said.

The source also said the amount involved in Mr. Liman’s botched arrest on Saturday morning was actually $2.5 million, and gave more explanation as to why operatives’ failed to arrest the judge or get the money.

“The vehicle that was used to cart away the $2million was faster than our men’s own,” the source said. “They just couldn’t catch up with them at such a high speed. It’s like chasing a 7-cylinder vehicle with a 3-cylinder.”

“We will arrest him in coming days; we have no doubt about this as we have enough evi‎dence to nail him in court. By bringing Governor Wike in, he has worsened his own case.”

But Governor Nyesom Wike whom the SSS blamed for interfering to frustrate the planned Friday night arrest of Mr. Liman, in a statement early Sunday dismissed the allegations as an attempt by the SSS to divert attention from its gross desecration of the constitution.‎

The SSS “concocted” the allegations to justify an “unconstitutional assault on the nation’s judiciary,” Mr. Wike said.

Mr. Wike said he didn’t know the judge, but he moved in to prevent him from being taken away because the mode of the SSS arrest did not comply with the dictates of the law.

“In the police, erring and corrupt policemen are first given orderly room trial, sacked and then appropriately prosecuted,” Mr. Wike said. “For judicial officers, the SSS has no role.”

“I am not in support of any judicial support being involved in corruption,” but “this impunity must stop.”

Justice Liman has also been quoted as denying the allegation against him.

“I’m not asking anybody to believe or disbelieve whether I stashed $2m, an amount that is equivalent to about N1b,” TheNigerianLawyer quoted the judge as saying in a statement.

“Perhaps you might think the SSS probably exaggerated the amount, but all these would have been relevant considerations if they had actually searched my house.

“If I had $2m or even a quarter of it I would have abandoned this horrible profession that has lost its dignity.In fact I have already lost interest in it and have made up my mind to say bye bye to it. I believe there is a life beyond every other thing.”

The Nigerian Bar Association, the umbrella organisation of lawyers, condemned the raids as an attempt to intimidate judges and demanded an immediate release of those arrested.

“We are in a democratic society and we cannot accept a situation where armed, masked SSS operatives invade homes of the justices of the Supreme Court and judges of our high courts.

“This is a ploy by the executive to intimidate the judiciary and we will not accept it. The NBA will not accept it. I want to emphasise again that we’re not under military rule and we cannot accept this Gestapo style of operations.” Abubakar Mahmoud, NBA president, said Saturday.

But a senior lawyer, Femi Falana, said the action of the operatives was justified since the bar and the bench had allegedly failed to check corruption in the judiciary.

He called for the prompt trial of the arrested judges.‎

President Buhari also said on Sunday that the SSS did not flout the law in its arrest and detention of the judges.

“There is a convergence of views that the country has a corruption problem that needs to be corrected,” Mr. Buhari said in a statement signed by his media aide, Garba Shehu.

https://www.tvcnews.tv/sss-official-releases-details-of-how-judge-allegedly-took-bribes/

Corruption na water when it concerns a specific group of people in Nigeria

Same Nyesom Wike that hide Similiayi Fubara from being arrested by EFCC? Now impunity, and lawlessness talking about himself.

Lol this man won't ever get tired until Tinubu gets tired of him. Though Wike is really working in Abuja but his controversies are too much.

Is like he always want trouble everytime

Today, the chickens have all come home to roost.

Everyday for the thief but one day for the owner.

Him for try assault the brave officer physically, by now he would have been receiving rip messages from his Cornish supporters.

Maybe Wike thought the Soldiers are same with DSS!

Mr election rigger himself

When we tell some of you that the system needs to work for everybody regardless of status, religion or tribe, some of you think we don't know what we are saying....

If you as a human being see no wrong with what Tinubu is doing to Nigerians, what Sanwo Olu and the Yorubas are doing to the Igbos in Lagos, what MNK is going through, what the south east is going through from the northerners and the Yorubas, the brutality of the police and military guys on Nigerians, the illegal EFCC raids on peoples homes in the night whether yahoo boys or not and you are supporting Wike against that officer , then you are only deceiving yourself...


I've said this thing over and over, when you have a system that selects who to work for or against at different times based on whatever reason then that system can equally do the opposite for the same people.

Shebi Wike has always been oppressing people even killed youths in his state, the system was in his favour to do injustice to others, now the same system could not fight for him at that point and worked against him.

That's why I laugh at those who are laughing at those and mocking those who they rig election against and call them losers or those who laugh at those unjustly arrested for trying to do right thing, tomorrow do they know what that same system the are supporting may do to them?

Most of those that would abuse Wike here actually supported his actions then 100%
Hypocrisy no go kill una

That's the beauty of the internet.

It will continue exposing all our politicians and leaders as the hypocrites they are and have always been.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFgyHWakBfs?si=fdClZT_342mskKui

You can understand why majority of Nigerians are on the side of the naval officer despite the overreach.
Wike is not the person to tell you about the rule of law.

He is the devil of justice in Nigeria

AndroBlaze:
That's the beauty of the internet.

It will continue exposing all our politicians and leaders as the hypocrites they are.

Cloud forever. I’m impressed

I pray God help Wike. The rate at which this man will fall will be brutal. Even presidency are yet to respond to his inglorious attitude yesterday speaks volume of what's going on underneath.

Alcohol and weed can really make a man deteriorate! See Wike then and now with all the enjoyment at his disposal!

But you were supporting him then.

This Wike is power drunk. His downfall is close

nairalandkachy1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7H9Xdl3XY


https://www.tvcnews.tv/sss-official-releases-details-of-how-judge-allegedly-took-bribes/

what a man soweth he reaps now he sees how it feels

na this kain story dey sweet me

back when wicked wike was peppering apc and could do no wrong

https://www.nairaland.com/3603324/francis-mobolaji-odesanya-dead-rivers

This was the story of the CP when he died.
Connect the dots

PDPdestroyer:
Most of those that would abuse Wike here actually supported his actions then 100%
Hypocrisy no go kill una

Cry us Atlantic ocean.

E pain am oh!

Babablu bulabu

Now way him day collect him own share him wan day remember rule of law.....him neva see anything.

If God wants to humiliate big man God usually humiliate them with a person of no important,look at how small pilot nearly cut KWAM 1 into half because of his arrogance yesterday again 20 or 25 years old soldier disgraced wike,he God wants to destroy he first make mad ,KWAM 1 ,wike you guys have another opportunity to Life change your ways

Wailers were hailing him back then. He was their hero but today, they hating him because he's flogging their fraud from Agulu.

This wike na huge disgrace, I swear down

Damn what happened to him? Man look Soo good few years ago but now

This one too will pass

In the coming weeks... Nobody will remember what happened

What some of these politicians don't know is that a time would come when they would turn blackberry, nobody go send you again.


It's better to be respected by people than to be feared/hated.

DSS and a commissioned officer is not in the same league

PDPdestroyer:
Most of those that would abuse Wike here actually supported his actions then 100%
Hypocrisy no go kill una

Look at the mirror you'll see a culprit.

Most of you that praise Wike here actually abused his actions then 100%
Hypocrisy no go kill una

Karma is a son of a bitch!
What go around,
Come around

Wike has really aged. He should spend the energy and time he uses to fight everyone to look after himself.