Justice Ibrahim Auta, the Chief Justice of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, may well be neck deep in the corruption that led to last weekend’s arrest of some high court judges by the Department of State Security (DSS), SaharaReporters has learnt.

Investigators said Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in whose home over $550,000 was allegedly found during the raid, has confessed to a deal between him and Chief Judge Auta by which $300,000 of the physical cash found in his bedroom was to have been shared between the two men. He said only $50,000 belonged to him in the deal, indicating that the CJ was awaiting his share when the DSS operatives swooped in on his residence and arrested him on Saturday night. It is unclear to whom the balance of $200,000 would have gone.

Asked if that had been the pattern of bribery for the CJ, he answered in the affirmative, saying that several High Court judges are assigned lucrative cases by the CJ, who then requests them to collect the bribes in dollars and transfer to him physically at home.

He revealed that the CJ has received monies from him several times after matching him with high profile cases that are then settled in favor of the highest bidders.

SaharaReporters learnt that CJ Auta was quizzed and then quietly released yesterday by the DSS, but the department has not officially confirmed either his arrest or interrogation.

Powerful interests are pushing back against the arrest of corrupt judges. SaharaReporters has however learnt that four, including Appellate Court judge Uwani Abba-Aji, are in line to be arrested. We also reliably learnt that Mrs. Abba-Aji was dropped from the list of judges to be elevated to the Supreme Court.

Justice Mohammed Yunusa, who was bribed by Ricky Tarfa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Munir Ladan, and Bashir Sukola, both of the Kaduna High Court, are also due for arrest and interrogation, unless DSS is somehow stopped from its ongoing action against corrupt judges.

Source : http://saharareporters.com/2016/10/11/chief-judge-nigeria%E2%80%99s-federal-high-court-implicated-13-million-bribery-arrest?

What Next No wonder dem dey tackle DSS say dem no get ryt to operate..

Who are we if the Chief Justice is Corrupted..

Dem come turn

Nigeria Will Be Great..
No Room For Corruption

He revealed that the CJ has received monies from him several times after matching him with high profile cases that are then settled in favor of the highest bidders.

This Line Make me sick



Jah Bless President Buhari

Not an APC or PDP but


We must kill corruption

kai!

I don't knw why DSS wil release them without detaining them in Kuje.they r humans and nt above the law

There is still much to be told

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imagine the rate at which this judges disrespect their ethical standards, the annoying thing is that after all this exposures of their unethical conduct, they would still continue reaping bribe as if its their birth right.

So naira is not even money to them again. Chief judge indeed, chief thief is better.

Judiciary in serious mess

Between judiciary and the legislator please which is the most corrupt
Likes for the judiciary
share for the legislator

Sweet Jesus!!!


So just the same way the Police have lucrative Stations where loyal officers are posted to as DPO's with a mandate to make monthly or so returns, na so wey Judges too dey share cases to loyal courts wey the Judges go dey make returns.






Checkpoint bribe be like child's play in comparison to the levels wey these guys dey operate.

Okijajuju1:
Sweet..

you can say that again.. very nice

false reports. DSS should go to court not insinuating on the pages of the newspapers

Hihihihi..

Make i ON my 12 inches black n white television..Watching as d event unfolds..

Okijajuju1:
Sweet..

Sweet when you are not getting your fair share of the cash?

Good for him

Ku ku MA kill me

Did u aalso read d part whr they said 'the department cld nt officially confirm his arrest or interrogation'...wch kain news be dis

Pierocash:
I don't knw why DSS wil release them without detaining them in Kuje.they r humans and nt above the law

Sylvarresta:
Between judiciary and the legislator please which is the most corrupt
Likes for the judiciary
share for the legislator

as it stands now.. it's the Judiciary

There goes the last hope of the common man.

K

Dexema:
There goes the last hope of the common man.

The system needs to be sanitized and despite the fact that i dislike APC and Buhari, i support the fight against the judiciary.
forget it, they are not the last hope of any common man rather they are the last hope of politicians and the highly rich.
If you cannot afford millions to bribe judges, my dear you will rot in jail.

Alot of "common Nigerians" are languishing in prison awaiting trials for more than 10years majority are the common Nigerians without any strong backing to bail them or rescue them.
I hate what our judicial system has been reduced to.
Lawyers nowadays do not handle probonos because you dont make millions from them.

What has happened to the Aluu 4 victims 3years after?
what has happened to the apo6 victims years after?
and so many others....

Judiciary is not the hope of any common man, they now belong to the highest bidder....

The greatest corruption is Judicial corruption.

If man's last resort to justice is corrupt, everything becomes corrupt..

I pray they make corruption in the judicial system punishable by death nd see how all politician in nigeria will develop nigeria...

And I hope they all end up in jail after returning all bribes ...not after this media brouhaha they still go about as free men after denying millions of Nigerians justice.

The will prolong case so tey person go tire

See im bia bia Ole catch am Carry am go!

So who will judge the judge? DSS or Buhari

Observing

Let us just change our currency to the United States Dollar.

This is ridiculous. Seven days for the thief en one day for the owner

flokii:


as it stands now.. it's the Judiciary

Those people are smarter than devil, Lucifer still de learn work for where naija judges de