THE Presidency has opened up on the raid, by operatives of the Department of State Services,DSS, on some judges, just as it gave  assurances that President Muhammadu Buhari “reserves his highest respect for the institution of the judiciary as the third arm of government. ”








The assurances came in a statement by Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu on Sunday.


He insisted  that “To this end, the President will not do anything to undermine its independence.”


According to the statement made available to Social Times, Shehu said “President Buhari remains a committed democrat, in words and in his actions, and will not take any action in violation of the constitution.


Shehu said “The recent surgical operation against some judicial officers is specifically targeted at corruption and not at the judiciary as an institution.


The statement said further that “In a robust democracy such as ours, there is bound to be a plurality of opinions on any given issue, but there is a convergence of views that the country has a corruption problem that needs to be corrected.


“But reports by a section of the media are giving us cause for concern.


The presidency cautioned that “In undertaking the task of reporting, the media should be careful about the fault lines they open. It is wrong to present this incident as a confrontation between the executive and judicial arms of government.


Shehu asserted that “The Presidency has received assurances from the DSS that all due processes of the law, including the possession of search and arrest warrants were obtained before the searches.


“To suggest that the government is acting outside the law in a dictatorial manner is to breach the interest of the state” Shehu said.

The statement said further that “In a robust democracy such as ours, there is bound to be a plurality of opinions on any given issue, but there is a convergence of views that the country has a corruption problem that needs to be corrected.

Bevista:
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olorunwa90:
God bless, PMB

Corruption is the next name of Nigeria

Eden007:
Meanwhile the judges have been
released. What was the fuse about then?

DLondonboiy:
Is that the right way to go about it??
Bloody fools...

Bugatie:
Trash

DLondonboiy:
Is that the right way to go about it??

Bloody fools...

olorunwa90:
God bless, PMB

Corruption is the next name of Nigeria

NgeneUkwenu:


Ignore the qoutes, they are called IPOB Yoot...They live to Support Corruption...

id911:
These illiterates and idiotic people in the Presidency know nothing about our laws including the lawless SSS. Where those Justices terrorists that stupid SSS would go pulled down their doors and residences in the night to arrest them? Where they National Security Threat? Is it the job of SSS to handle corruption cases?

The presidency game plan is to frame up Justice Walter Onnoghen so that he won't be made Chief Justice of Nigeria since he has already been recommended by NJC. They want their lackey to be there as CJN. Very divisive, tribalistic and stupid people

Bugatie:


Typical zombie

Bevista:
The bolded text is very instructive.
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The problem with Nigeria is that, for too long, there has been a Conspiracy of Silence among the political class & public officers, where they collude to fleece the nation while everyone looks the other way and pretend that nothing is happening. The younger generation, sadly, have grown to accept this as the norm. These days, we even pray for 'our time' to come.
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Every institution meant to defend this country and its citizens are the very institutions that collude to undermine it. From the FG, SGs, MDAs, NA, Judiciary, CSOs, Youth groups, etc. There is no respite anywhere.
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Only for a second time in this country, someone is trying to reset and reformat our national consciousness from this malady. Our psychic needs to be reverse engineered to the right path, even if it means using unconventional means.
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Those who question the President’s tactics and are often quick to spew "Rule of Law" should ask those looters if they had any regards for the law when they were bleeding the nation. Or is it their constitutional right to "corner" public funds for their personal use?
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For those who say the fight is one-sided, I say - I would rather take a one-sided fight than accept no fight at all. It is the No Fight posture adopted by previous leaders that has made us to progressively degenerate to this corruption abyss. The fear of being hunted by your enemy is going to start scaring corrupt politicians and public officers.

id911:
These illiterates and idiotic people in the Presidency know nothing about our laws including the lawless SSS. Were those Justices terrorists that stupid SSS would go pulled down their doors and residences in the night to arrest them? Were they National Security Threat? Is it the job of SSS to handle corruption cases?

The presidency game plan is to frame up Justice Walter Onnoghen so that he won't be made Chief Justice of Nigeria since he has already been recommended by NJC. They want their lackey to be there as CJN. Very divisive, tribalistic and stupid people

sammieguze:
I think the problem lie with us.We are separated along tribal, religious or political lines and so, whenever something is done for the benefit of the masses, some set of people are always ready to shout blue murder.

So far, the so called law has only been applicable to the poor in the society.

Do we know how many innocent civilians are been harassed daily in such manner yet they cannot get justice. Now, a few corrupt judges are being questioned and some people are shouting rule of law and it is those same set of people who will say Buhari did not get a single conviction for a corrupt case where as, the problem lies with these corrupt judges who are hell bent on frustrating the efforts of the executives for their own person monetary gain