Although there is need to rid the judiciary of corruption, the
approach adopted by
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, said on Sunday.
President Muhammadu Buhari was totally wrong and
unacceptable, the
Melaye,
representing Kogi West on the platform of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the National Assembly, in a statement he issued in Abuja, condemned the arrest and invasion of the residence of some Judges by the Department of State Services, saying the agency acted outside its core mandate.
According
to him, although Judges have no immunity and could be tried, the use of
DSS by government was "absolutely wrong and unacceptable."
He
said, "I have studied the Act setting up DSS, Nigerian Intelligence
Agency and DIA and can conclude that the DSS operatives went outside
their core mandate. There
is no doubt that many Judges are corrupt. It is also important to state
the need to sanitise the judiciary of corruption that make Judges not
to give commercial rulings which create terrible precedence in our legal
system. Judges have no immunity and can be tried and should be tried
but the use of DSS is absolutely wrong.
"The
DSS operatives even when they overstretched themselves and conducted
investigations on the Judges. They ought to hand over their findings to
the appropriate institutions of government: the Police or National
Judicial Council for prosecution and punishment.
"The
rule of law is a core value of governance and therefore must be guided
jealousy. Prosecution of civil and corruption cases in not the
responsibility of DSS. Internal security is the main duty of the DSS and
they should stick to that. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria."
Gun-wielding DSS and police operatives had on Friday night and in the early hours of Saturday swooped on the residences of senior judges, breaking doors and threatening to harm their family members and aides.
The Judges affected in the raids carried out in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Gombe States
were of the Supreme Court and Federal High Court.
At
least two of the Justices were said to have recently ruled against the
DSS and condemned its disregard of the laws of the land during its
operations.
They
arrested Judges are Justice Sylvester Ngwuta (Supreme Court); Justice
John Okoro (Supreme Court) and Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal
High Court in Abuja.
The DSS also searched the residence of another judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, but he was not arrested.
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President Muhammadu Buhari was totally wrong and unacceptable-Senator Dino Melaye
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