Nigerian Judiciary Not Corrupt, CJN, NBA President Insists

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Nigerian Judiciary Not Corrupt, CJN, NBA President Insists

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The corruption allegations, being levelled against the Nigerian judiciary have been condemned by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, and the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN). They jointly insisted that the judiciary is not in any way corrupt. Specifically, the CJN argued that the criticisms against the judiciary is as a result of ignorance of the operations of the judicial system. Alegeh on his part lambasted the general condemnation of the third arm of government. Speaking at a valedictory court session held in honour of retiring Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Saifullahi Muntaka-Coomassie, the CJN said, “I make bold to declare that the qualities of conscience and duty are essential to the functioning of our Judiciary. “Though constantly striving to redress wrongs and tilt the balance in favour of that which is right, has recently had to face the backlash of misguided opinions fashioned without due consideration of the law and the rationale for the system of government that we operate. “The judiciary is duty bound to act in accordance with the dictates of the law as it stands and not as critics would like it to be. In this sense, naive idealism is, but a pale limitation of legal certainty and it is in observing the career and jurisprudence of such eminent jurists as my lord, Honourable Justice Muntaka-Coomassie that we see this most clearly.” The NBA president expressed sadness over what he termed as the “generalisation and/or categorisation” of the Judiciary as corrupt, this, he noted is a stumbling block to the Buhari administration’s war against corruption. He stated,“Whilst acknowledging that there may be a few bad eggs in the system, the NBA restates unequivocally that the categorisation of the entire judiciary as corrupt is a misconception and will stand solidly behind the judiciary in any attempt to intimidate or harass its personnel.” “The NBA however, wishes to sound a note of warning to the few bad eggs in the system to desist from further causing untoward embarrassment to the judicial arm of government and will henceforth petition any judicial officer involved in or suspected to be involved in any corrupt or fraudulent transaction to the appropriate quarters for action. We believe that a word is enough for the wise and that wise counsel will prevail in this regard.” It would be recalled that the judiciary has been under attack recently over its handling of corruption and electoral cases. President Buhari was also recently quoted as expressing doubt about the commitment of the Judiciary to his government’s anti-corruption war.

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