NBA Calls For Suspension of Federal Judges Busted By The DSS

                          

The Nigerian Bar Association has asked the Judges arrested by DSS over allegation of corruption to proceed on compulsory suspension.
NBA President, Abubakar Mahmud (SAN) who spoke  at a valedictory court session for the retiring Justice Sotonye Denton-West of the Court of Appeal said  the accusation and counter-accusation between the affected judges and some politicians and institutions, following the last mass arrest of judges, has made it imperative for the National Judicial Council (NJC) to take urgent steps to salvage the image of the Judiciary.


Mahmud said: “In the interim however, particularly having regards to what appears to an ongoing accusations and counter accusations between the some of the judges and other personalities or agencies, it appears to the NBA that it is extremely important that the NJC takes very urgent steps to safeguard the public image and sanctity of the courts.

“We therefore strongly recommend that, without prejudice to the innocence or otherwise of the Judges involved in the ongoing investigations, they should be required to recuse themselves from further judicial functions or required to proceed on compulsory leave until their innocence is fully and completely established or until the conclusion of all judicial or disciplinary proceedings.

“We believe this will be necessary in order to protect the sanctity and integrity of judicial processes that may involve the judges concerned and safeguard the public image of the institution,” Mahmud said.