DSS yet to forward grievance against seven captured judges – CJN
– The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Saturay, said he was yet to get a formal grievance from the Department of State Service, DSS, with respect to the seven unrivaled court passes judgment on it captured between October 7 and 8. Among the judges whose homes were assaulted by agents of the DSS included two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta and Iyang Okoro. Different judges influenced by the said "sting operation", included Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja, Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court, Muazu Pindiga of Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, and the Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike. Albeit around 21 judges are right now under the radar of the DSS, as such, just 15 of them have been pulled in for cross examination. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is similarly researching a few judges required in charged questionable exchanges. In the interim, the CJN, in an announcement he issued on Saturday, kept up that the misconception was between the NJC which was set up by the Constitution, and the DSS which he said has a place with the administration. The announcement which was marked by Senior Special Assistant to the CJN, H. S. Sa'eed, read: "Under the forces gave by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(as corrected) and as the Head of the Third Arm of Government, the Honorable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council, Honorable Justice Mahmud Mohammed, GCON is approaching all Nigerians to keep on having confidence and full trust in the Nigerian Judiciary. "The Honorable Chief Justice of Nigeria (Hon. CJN) is without a doubt profoundly worried by the rising hostility over the late capture of our Judicial Officers and different issues relating thereto. "Besides, it must be emphasized that the present misconception is just between the National Judicial Council (NJC), which was built up by the Constitution and the Directorate of the State Security (DSS), in the Presidency. "Thus, we should underline that the Judiciary keeps on keeping up warm relations with alternate arms of government, that is, the Executive and the National Assembly. "The Hon. CJN repeats that the Nigerian Judiciary, as an Arm of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is not a gathering in this matter, nor is the Nigerian Judiciary on trial. "On the call by President of the Nigerian Bar, A. B. Mahmoud, SAN, to suspend Judicial Officers whose living arrangements were attacked and who were therefore captured and kept by the DSS, we trust that the call was superfluous and rushed as the said Judicial Officers are as yet being examined by the DSS. "Moreover, the DSS is yet to forward any grievance or any official correspondence with respect to the seven Judicial Officers to the National Judicial Council. "Undoubtedly, a portion of the influenced Judicial Officers have as of now been explored by the NJC, which discovered some guilty and prescribed their expulsion from office by rejection or retirement to the President and particular Governors as gave under the Constitution. "While some are as yet being researched by the NJC, in regard of others, no grumbling against them has been gotten by the NJC whose forces to suspend must be practiced as per the arrangements of the Constitution building up it. "The National Judicial Council is as of now exploring the different grievances made against various Judicial Officers. When such examinations are finished, suitable suggestions will be made to the President or Governors, by and large, who will have the last say on the destiny of the influenced Judicial Officers who could then be charged for the offenses revealed from the realities against them and be indicted if fundamental. "The Hon. Boss Justice of Nigeria likewise wishes to state in clear terms that the "sting" operations completed by the DSS on 07 and 08 October 2016 was unquestionably an attack on the freedom of the Nigerian Judiciary. "In any case, the Judiciary completely bolsters the counter defilement drive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammdu Buhari, GCFR. "The Nigerian Judiciary has never and will never shield any Judicial Officer why should found be blameworthy of defilement, be that as it may, the Hon. CJN trusts that due procedure and the manage of law must be taken after. "As a demonstration of our dedication to maintain the Constitution, the Nigerian Judiciary keeps on working and our Courts stay open to all who look for cure. "With the support and cooperative attitude of all Nigerians, the Nigerian Judiciary will keep on serving with its entire existence and might"
– The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Saturay, said he was yet to get a formal grievance from the Department of State Service, DSS, with respect to the seven unrivaled court passes judgment on it captured between October 7 and 8. Among the judges whose homes were assaulted by agents of the DSS included two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta and Iyang Okoro. Different judges influenced by the said "sting operation", included Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja, Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court, Muazu Pindiga of Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, and the Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike. Albeit around 21 judges are right now under the radar of the DSS, as such, just 15 of them have been pulled in for cross examination. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is similarly researching a few judges required in charged questionable exchanges. In the interim, the CJN, in an announcement he issued on Saturday, kept up that the misconception was between the NJC which was set up by the Constitution, and the DSS which he said has a place with the administration. The announcement which was marked by Senior Special Assistant to the CJN, H. S. Sa'eed, read: "Under the forces gave by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria(as corrected) and as the Head of the Third Arm of Government, the Honorable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council, Honorable Justice Mahmud Mohammed, GCON is approaching all Nigerians to keep on having confidence and full trust in the Nigerian Judiciary. "The Honorable Chief Justice of Nigeria (Hon. CJN) is without a doubt profoundly worried by the rising hostility over the late capture of our Judicial Officers and different issues relating thereto. "Besides, it must be emphasized that the present misconception is just between the National Judicial Council (NJC), which was built up by the Constitution and the Directorate of the State Security (DSS), in the Presidency. "Thus, we should underline that the Judiciary keeps on keeping up warm relations with alternate arms of government, that is, the Executive and the National Assembly. "The Hon. CJN repeats that the Nigerian Judiciary, as an Arm of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is not a gathering in this matter, nor is the Nigerian Judiciary on trial. "On the call by President of the Nigerian Bar, A. B. Mahmoud, SAN, to suspend Judicial Officers whose living arrangements were attacked and who were therefore captured and kept by the DSS, we trust that the call was superfluous and rushed as the said Judicial Officers are as yet being examined by the DSS. "Moreover, the DSS is yet to forward any grievance or any official correspondence with respect to the seven Judicial Officers to the National Judicial Council. "Undoubtedly, a portion of the influenced Judicial Officers have as of now been explored by the NJC, which discovered some guilty and prescribed their expulsion from office by rejection or retirement to the President and particular Governors as gave under the Constitution. "While some are as yet being researched by the NJC, in regard of others, no grumbling against them has been gotten by the NJC whose forces to suspend must be practiced as per the arrangements of the Constitution building up it. "The National Judicial Council is as of now exploring the different grievances made against various Judicial Officers. When such examinations are finished, suitable suggestions will be made to the President or Governors, by and large, who will have the last say on the destiny of the influenced Judicial Officers who could then be charged for the offenses revealed from the realities against them and be indicted if fundamental. "The Hon. Boss Justice of Nigeria likewise wishes to state in clear terms that the "sting" operations completed by the DSS on 07 and 08 October 2016 was unquestionably an attack on the freedom of the Nigerian Judiciary. "In any case, the Judiciary completely bolsters the counter defilement drive of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammdu Buhari, GCFR. "The Nigerian Judiciary has never and will never shield any Judicial Officer why should found be blameworthy of defilement, be that as it may, the Hon. CJN trusts that due procedure and the manage of law must be taken after. "As a demonstration of our dedication to maintain the Constitution, the Nigerian Judiciary keeps on working and our Courts stay open to all who look for cure. "With the support and cooperative attitude of all Nigerians, the Nigerian Judiciary will keep on serving with its entire existence and might"
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