Posted By: Yusuf Allion: October 18, 2016
A judge is under probe for allegedly collecting from a senator N30million bribe.

He stuffed some of the cash, which was in United States dollars, in his shoes and walked barefooted to his car.

The senator complained to the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) being led Prof. Itse Sagay.

Also yesterday, it was learnt that most of the nine arrested judges had petitions against them with the National Judicial Council (NJC).

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is said to have the list of judges to be investigated in the last five months.

Although the list was shown to some legal authorities by the CJN, no action was taken by the NJC, a source claimed.

PACAC has about 50 petitions sent to it against some judges by some aggrieved Nigerians,

One of the said complaints came from a senator who alleged that a judge demanded about N50million from him to influence a case but he paid N30million.

The money was delivered to the Court of Appeal Justice in dollars.

But following the senator’s inability to pay the balance of N20million, the judge gave judgment against the senator, it was alleged.

A source said: “The senator told us that the judge asked for N50million but he could only pay N30million and lost the case for not meeting up with the balance.

“He said when the judge came at night to collect the bribe, he stuffed every available space and went to a ridiculous extent of stuffing some of the money in his shoes. The judge then decided to walk barefooted to his car.

“We have the complaint against the judge and the senator is ready to testify because the judge did not refund the N30million to date. The government is going to see to the logical conclusion of this case against the judge.”

Asked to name the judge, the source added: “The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), disclosed the name of the justice at a session with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to underscore why the bench must be rid of bad eggs. The NBA has been briefed, let them also talk.

“This is to show that the government is transparent about the whole process. It is not a witch-hunt at all.”

The highly-placed source gave insight into the arrest of nine judges and how the operation was conducted.

The judges are Supreme Court Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro; the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed, Ladan Tsamiya, who was picked up in Sokoto; Justice Adeniyi Ademola( Federal High Court); the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike; Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court; Justice Muazu Pindiga (Gombe State High Court); Justice Bashir Sukola and Justice Ladan Manir, from the Kaduna State High Court.

The source added: “In fact, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed has had the list of some alleged corrupt judges in his possession in the last five months. The list emanated from his office and anti-corruption agencies. But the NJC did not do anything.

“About 60 per cent of the nine judges under probe have petitions against them before the NJC. The records are there. Nigerians should ask what has become of this petition.

“Take the case of the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike; he had more than three petitions against him. If the petitioner had not been steadfast, the Judge would not have been sanctioned by the NJC.

“The allegation of N500million bribe against Justice Pindiga was actually made a “dead-on-arrival” by a Petition Review Committee of the NJC.”

Unknown to most of the judges arrested, the Department of State Services(DSS) video-taped every details.

The source added: “The DSS is ready to tender the video clips in court. In fact, some of the judges will be shocked by the professionalism of the security agency.

“The clips have already been shown to a few lawyers to prove that due diligence was followed. We hope the court will allow the prosecution to show the clips during trial.

http://thenationonlineng.net/judge-stuffs-cash-shoes/

Desperate judges!

Anyway

No peace for looters

Watch wailers troop in to say it is Witch hunt by dictator Buhari. Spiteful Creatures.

Enough of all these stories.

We don shift attention from Dasuki, now na judges.


How many convictions?

EastGold:
Enough of all these stories.

We don shift attention from Dasuki, now na judges.


How many convictions?

How can they be convicted when the judges are all corrupt? People like Dasiki and his fellow looters can buy the whole Nigeria, it won't shake their pockets to buy the whole judges in Nigeria.
Going after the judges really prove to me that this government have a plan to liberate this country. Corruption has eaten deep in every sector therefore bringing hardship to the common Nigerians.

SHOE BANKING.

EastGold:
Enough of all these stories.

We don shift attention from Dasuki, now na judges.


How many convictions?

Bros please listen to your inner self

Pls make another comment now

We are waiting .

sarrki:

Bros please listen to your inner self
Pls make another comment now
We are waiting .

SSS should go to court. no more stories!

SmartChoices:

SSS should go to court. no more stories!

Goodmorning my brother

sarrki:


Goodmorning my brother

morning. these agencies should get to court... secure convictions and later tell us how it happened.... enough of media sensational trials...we are not campaigning... it's time for governance.... SSS talks too much... EFCc sings like a canary...

SmartChoices:

morning. these agencies should get to court... secure convictions and later tell us how it happened.... enough of media sensational trials...we are not campaigning... it's time for governance.... SSS talks too much... EFCc sings like a canary...

I agree with you

The judiciary makes the whole thing more difficult for

EFCC to do much.

I pray we get it right

sarrki:


I agree with you

The judiciary makes the whole thing more difficult for

EFCC to do much.

I pray we get it right

efcc has never hired a first class lawyer in any of its cases... only mediocres.... and the accused bring a fleet of high class... high quality lawyers for defence. A keyamo facing an olanipekun is a joke.

Ayamnotundastan. What's wrong with humanity

I hope corruption defenders , Anti-Buhari wailers and IPooD Yoots take note that DSS has video evidence

EastGold:
Enough of all these stories.

We don shift attention from Dasuki, now na judges.


How many convictions?

Awon wailer

You had to call the ponmo cutting governor. What about those who don't know any governor.

The poor are really suffering. They are pawns on the chessboard called Nigeria

EastGold:
Enough of all these stories.

We don shift attention from Dasuki, now na judges.


How many convictions?

Aside the fact that Buhari has said he is more interested in recouping our money from thieves, you and your co wailers should accept the fact that convicting a criminal in court in Nigeria takes time. Especially with lawyers' continuous usage of delay tactics.

Sack and jail all corrupt judges

amagunnerfan:
Aside the fact that Buhari has said he is more interested in recouping our money from thieves, you and your co wailers should accept the fact that convicting a criminal in court in Nigeria takes time. Especially with lawyers' continuous of delay tactics.

May God give you wisdom.

FYI, I belong to none of the 2 political parties.


I am from s/West.


But the difference is that you refuse to use ur eyes

Mynd444:
I hope corruption defenders , Anti-Buhari wailers and IPooD Yoots take note that DSS has video evidence

They won't believe mate. Even with all the evidences against Nurse Metuh, did they believe until the idiota refunded money to the government?

How about the Ricky Tarfa case? Too many examples. Their brains have been formatted not to believe anything. Some of them don't even believe themselves.

.

EastGold:



May God give you wisdom.

FYI, I belong to none of the 2 political parties.


I am from s/West.


But the difference is that you refuse to use ur eyes

What has usage o eyes got to do here? What point does it past?

You want government to convict thieves hurriedly just so you can have something to criticise.

Osigilliat
You are not far from the truth.

You direction of reasoning is well appreciated than that loud mouth who called himself amagunnerfan

amagunnerfan:
Aside the fact that Buhari has said he is more interested in recouping our money from thieves, you and your co wailers should accept the fact that convicting a criminal in court in Nigeria takes time. Especially with lawyers' continuous of delay tactics.

Osgilliat:


How can they be convicted when the judges are all corrupt? People like Dasiki and his fellow looters can buy the whole Nigeria, it won't shake their pockets to buy the whole judges in Nigeria.
Going after the judges really prove to me that this government have a plan to liberate this country. Corruption has eaten deep in every sector therefore bringing hardship to the common Nigerians.

amagunnerfan:
What has usage o eyes got to do here? What point does it past?

You want government to convict thieves hurriedly just so you can have something to criticise.

Keep mute Mr.


I don't argue with people like you

Our legal system is gone to corruption...

Mynd444:
I hope corruption defenders , Anti-Buhari wailers and IPooD Yoots take note that DSS has video evidence

But they never said so, do you work with them?

Ok

They should rope both giver and taker o! Since the Senator is reporting because his 30 Million was not refunded and assuming the story is true, he should also be indicted and punished for attempting to purchase justice.

We patiently wait for when all the noise on media will be reduced to written, visual and oral evidence/testimony before the courts and conclusive judgments pronounced against the accused persons, then we will know they are serious and do have viable cases against them. Media trial is just cheap blackmail at the end of the day, robbing the victims of goodwill and the constitutional protection of innocence until guilt is proven.

D fight against corruption in d judiciary shld have a tactical approach rather than all diz gra gra by Buhari. NJC knw judges r corrupt but ddnt do anythn. Why? Na dem dem

Nawa oo. Na compulsory evrybody must like buhari? So they(wailers) shldnt talk ba cos they r no stakeholders in d current Nigeria?. Chai!

Sibrah:
Watch wailers troop in to say it is Witch hunt by dictator Buhari. Spiteful Creatures.

Mynd444:
I hope corruption defenders , Anti-Buhari wailers and IPooD Yoots take note that DSS has video evidence

Evidence on the media that even u have not seen? Let them even institute actions against them and tender their evidence in court, that is when it has weight not by mere pronouncement on the news.