The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Saturday, said he was yet to get a formal complaint from the Department of State Service, DSS, regarding the seven superior court judges it arrested between October 7 and 8.
Among the judges whose homes were raided by operatives of the DSS included two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylvester Ngwuta and Iyang Okoro.
Other judges affected by the said “sting operation”, included Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Abuja, Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court, Muazu Pindiga of Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, and the Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike.
Although about 21 judges are currently under the radar of the DSS, so far, only 15 of them have been hauled in for interrogation.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is equally investigating some judges involved in alleged dubious transactions. Meanwhile, the CJN, in a statement he issued on Saturday, maintained that the misunderstanding was between the NJC which was established by the Constitution, and the DSS which he said belongs to the presidency.
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