Protesters mount pressure on ‘corrupt judges’ to step down
Protesters under the aegis of Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations (FONGON) on Wednesday embarked on a protest, insisting that the judges accused of corruption must step down from office.
Wole Badmus, convener of FONGON, alleged that the judges had tainted the image of the judiciary.
He said the protest would continue until the judges were removed from office.
“We are hereby calling on the serving judges who were arrested by the DSS to immediately step down, since the conniving NJC is not willing to suspend them,” Badmus said.
“Though the arrested judges/justices have not been declared guilty by any court of law, they have been tainted in the court of public opinion and their positions are no longer tenable until they have been able to clear themselves of the allegations against them.”
The Department of State Services (DSS) had raided the home of seven judges over allegations of corruption.
Mahmud Mohammed, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), had said the executive is to be blamed for not removing “corrupt judges” from office.
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