Unlawful Arrests Under Buhari's Watch: Nigerian Judiciary Under Attack : "2015 Election: DS
- SitiTalkBlog
- Oct 9, 2016
- 1 min read
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DailyPost Nigeria reports that "The Federal Government has commenced the arrest of judges who purportedly took bribe to subvert justice in their rulings on the 2015 general elections.The Department of State Services, DSS, last night arrested two Supreme Court justices for their alleged roles in subverting justice in favour of one of the two leading political parties in Akwa Ibom State and another state in the South East..."
The arrests are contrary to Nigeria's judicial process as set forth by its constitution. The DSS does not have constitutional power to arrest judges. Due process is supposed to be followed through the National Judicial council.
"The National Judicial Council is one of the Federal Executive Bodies created by virtue of Section 153 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In order to insulate the Judiciary from the whims and caprices of the Executive; hence guarantee the independence of this Arm of Government, which is a sine qua non for any democratic Government, the National Judicial Council was created and vested with enormous powers and functions which the erstwhile Advisory Judicial Committee (AJC) it replaced, did not have." Read more: http://www.njcgov.org/aboutus/aboutusprofile
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