The NJC issued no statement on Tuesday after a lengthy meeting on the arrest of seven senior judges over corruption allegations by the Department of Security Services (DSS).
The Chief Justice, Mahmud Mohammed,Mondaydescribed the arrests as regrettableand unfortunate. There was also outrage in the legal profession over the arrests.However, speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN said once crimes and criminality are concerned, nobody is an exception.
He said the judges’ arrest on Friday night and Saturday morning was constitutionally guaranteed and not even immunity could have stopped it.He said investigation was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s resolve to cleanse the country of the stench of corruption.
The DSS said 15 senior judges were being investigated over allegations of corrupt practices while only seven had so far been arrested. On the issue of immunity, Malami said no public official was exempted from investigation, explaining that “no member of the legislature, judiciary and executive can definitely be exempted from investigation.
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