DSS arrests two more judges, freeze accounts of others under investigation
Agents
of the Department of State Security DSS have arrested two more judges over
allegations of corruption. According to The Nation, Justices Bashir Sukola and
Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were arrested in Kaduna and taken
to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm yesterday October 12th.
A source in the DSS says that accounts of some of the judges currently under investigation have been frozen.
A source in the DSS says that accounts of some of the judges currently under investigation have been frozen.
“Some accounts have been frozen through orders
of the court. This affects some of the judges. Not all of them. We found some
huge lodgements that are questionable in some accounts and in addition to that
we also observed the inflow of their salaries over a long period without them
making any withdrawal at all. What that means is that they don’t live on their
salaries at all. Those accounts have been frozen but as I said not all of the
judges are affected.”
The
source stated that the judges have not been charged to court because the
National Judicial Council NJC is yet to make a pronouncement on the matter
“We are waiting for the action of the NJC. We
expect the NJC to suspend them, otherwise it’s like taking a sitting judge to
court. In the Service, when anybody is being investigated for any serious
crime, the first thing we do is to place such a person on suspension. After the
investigation, such a person would face trial and get dismissed from service on
conviction and later face prosecution in the law court.”
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