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These are copies of Letters between Director General of Directorate of State Services and the National Judicial Commission r egarding corrupt judges.

Find below the arrest and search warrants issued to the State Security Service (SSS)  to search the premises of the judges and Arrest them.

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to consider and confirm the nominations of two judges as Justices of the Supreme Court. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter conveying the request after the Senate returned from a closed-door session on Tuesday. The nominated judges are Sidi Bage, Nasarawa State, North Central; and Paul Jauro, Taraba State, North East. In the letter read by Mr. Saraki, Mr. Buhari said his request followed Section 231(2) of the Constitution of Nigeria, as amended. The President sought the expeditious attention of the Senate, Mr. Saraki read. Mr. Jauro, who was born on June 26, 1954, became a judge of the High Court in 1998. Ten years afterwards, he was appointed Justice of the Court Appeal. Mr. Bage, born on June 22, 1956, became Federal High Court Judge in 1992 before his appointment as Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2000. The two Judges had been recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the National Jud

The State Security Service (SSS) embarked on an unprecedented "crackdown" on allegedly corrupt judicial officers across the country over the weekend. Among the judicial officers whose houses were searched and thereafter arrested and detained are two Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro. As expected, the action has polarised lawyers, commentators, the media, civil society and the public. Differing views have been expressed on the constitutionality or otherwise of the steps and procedures adopted by the SSS. Sadly, the public has been deprived of opinions that are rooted in law owing largely to the belligerent and sentimental posturing and aggressive grandstanding that has impaired commentaries on the issues in controversy. My task in this essay is simply to offer a legal opinion on the following four issues: First, are judicial officers in Nigeria immune from the criminal justice system?; Second, is it mandatory for security ag

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Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari GCON, yesterday reacted to the sting operations carried out by the State Security Services (SSS) against suspected corrupt judges in different parts of the country simultaneously on the 8th of October 2016. While making clear the stand of the Presidency on the matter, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr. Garba Shehu,  said that The President, Muhammadu Buhari while restating his stance as regarding the independence of the judiciary arm of Government, however said that it would be of better purpose if the judges.  Mr. Garba Shehu also said that the State Security Services (SSS) gave the assurances that their act was in line with the law and the we're in possession of adequate search warrant.  You would recall that the President in his Independence Day speech, made remarks suggesting that some judges are sabotaging his anti-corruption war, he also made it clear that this won't dete

A contingent of officers from the Department of State Security (DSS) this evening surrounded the home of two Nigerian federal judges, Nnamdi Dimgba and Adebiyi Ademola. The federal judges currently reside at 32 and 34 Samuel Ogbemudia Cresent in the Apo Legislative Quarters of Abuja. The invading officers arrived and surrounded Justice Dimgba’s home around 9PM Nigerian time, according to sources speaking to SaharaReporters. Shortly after the siege, neighbors of the judge told SaharaReporters that the DSS agents began breaking into his compound with a sledgehammer. Mr. Dimgba was reportedly not at home at the time of the invasion. However, a source said DSS had been uncomfortable with recent rulings by the judge and because of his vocal criticism of DSS for violating rights of persons detained at its facility. Another source revealed that they believed Mr. Dimgba was being targeted unfairly by DSS as a form of punishment. On July 22nd, 2016 he berated DSS for not presenting Air Comm