Fg Approves Immediate Trial Of ‘corrupt’ Judges

SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has formally approved the prosecution of the seven suspected corrupt judges with immediate effect.

The seven judges are among the 15 identified by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for involvement in corrupt practices.

THEWILL gathered that the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, approved the immediate prosecution of the suspects so as not to give the erroneous impression that government was promoting corruption.

The AGF had expected the National Judiciary Council (NJC) to suspend the suspected corrupt judicial officers from duty, pending the trial and disposal of the criminal allegations levelled against them but failed.

Rather than comply with the AGF, the NJC slammed the DSS for daring to search the homes of the judges in the night and making away with huge cash in local and foreign currencies claiming to have omnibus powers over both criminal and administrative matters relating to judges in Nigeria.

Sources revealed that the refusal of the NJC to suspend the suspected judges was interpreted as a 'slap' on the Federal Government and that no country would allow a few people to constitute themselves into a cabal that is 'above the law' adding that the trial would be carried out in phases and handled by the National Prosecution Council, which was recently inaugurated.

Story by Oputah David