Judiciary especially judges are victims of corruption - Former Chief Judge
- A former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, says judges have become victims of corruption allegation in Nigeria
- Justice Ibrahim Auta, a former Chief Judge noted that this was because judges were barred from speaking to the press
- Auta said that corruption perceptions about judges were becoming acceptable because the people believed whatever they read in the media
Justice Ibrahim Auta, a former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, says the judiciary, especially the judges have become victims of corruption allegation in the country.
Auta made the assertion during the conferment of Award of Excellence on him by the Society Watch Media Ltd. (SWML), an NGO, on Wednesday in Abuja.
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He said that because judges were barred from speaking to the press, most of the corruption allegation leveled against them often appeared to be true.
The former chief judge said that corruption perceptions about judges were becoming acceptable because the people believed whatever they read in the media without verification.
Auta said that there was no country and sector devoid of corruption, adding that it was only the magnitude of the practice that differed.
He said that the country was faced with many challenges and problems ranging from corruption, kidnapping, ritual killings, lack of infrastructural development, favouritism, nepotism and religious crisis.
“At the root of this challenges is leadership, what we have been lacking in Nigeria is good and purposeful, nationalistic and patriotic leaders,’’ he said.
He therefore called on Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari that whatever he was doing would be of benefit to Nigerians.
He also called for the recruitment of more policemen to ensure adequate security for the country.
According to him, the current insecurity ravaging the country necessitated the need employ more police personnel that will be equipped and adequately funded.
He said that the current figure of policemen in the country was inadequate to provide security for over 200 million Nigerians.
Earlier, NAIJ.com reported that senior lawyers in Nigeria have commended the recent judgement by the Appeal Court that a serving judge cannot be prosecuted until he has been forcibly retired or dismissed by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
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The Court of Appeal on Tuesday, December 12, also struck out the corruption charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a serving judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa.
This Day reports that the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oliseh Agbakoba (SAN), while reacting to the ruling said the court has once again upheld the separation of powers.
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Source: Naija.ng