The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has justified the arrest and detention of judges by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS.
The Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives have come down heavily on the Department of State Security, DSS, for the arrest of some of the countries senior Judges in the early hours of Saturday, October 8. The judges were however released on bail yesterday.
A group known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria, has called on the DSS to release the judges arrested in raids across the country on Saturday, and hand over findings of its investigations to the National Judicial Council,NJC, which is the appropriate authority to deal with such issues.
Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mahmud Muhammed has described the raids carried out by Department of State Service, DSS, on the homes of Judges over the weekend as “saddening and deeply regrettable.”
The Presidency has expressed support for the weekend raid of the residences of some Judges, calling it an attack on corruption and not on the judiciary.
