Across Nigeria Corruption Matters Main News News Reports Whistle Blower

Judicial corruption and elite widespread dissent

Ayo Olukotun
 

Opinion is sharply divided, even among senior lawyers, about the legitimacy, propriety, legality and decorum of last week’s raid by the Department of State Services on the official quarters of judges around the country, and the subsequent arrest of the judges. Monitoring the controversy, it is helpful to narrow the heated debate down to disagreement over the method, Gestapo-style, some have called it, of apprehending the judges, not the least because the “operation” in Port Harcourt, for instance, took place around 1am on Saturday.

Click here to continue

About the author

CACOL

Add Comment

Click here to post a comment

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe to News Update

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives