The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has announced that the National Judicial Council (NJC) has found some of the judges currently under investigation guilty of corruption and their names forwarded to the President for him to dismiss them.
He emphasized that some of the affected judges have already been investigated by the NJC, which found some culpable and recommended to the President for their removal from office by dismissal or retirement.
Justice Mahmud said that the call by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abubakar Mahmoud to suspend the judges who are currently under investigation, was unnecessary and hasty even as he said that the said judicial officers are still being investigated by the DSS.
He appealed to Nigerians not to lose faith and confidence in the Nigerian judiciary, adding that despite the current misunderstanding between the National Judicial Council and the Directorate of the State Services (DSS), the Judiciary still maintains cordial relations with the other arms of government. [myad]
