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24-hrs out of office, Ex-CJN Mohammed admits judiciary is corrupt

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24-hrs out of office, Ex-CJN Mohammed admits judiciary is corrupt

The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has said the judiciary in Nigeria is corrupt.

Mohammed’s admittance is coming barely 24 hours after he retired as the nation’s number one judicial officer, and after strenuously defending the judiciary against recent onslaught by the security agencies in the country.

The ex-CJN, who retired on Thursday, stated this at the State House, Abuja after the inuaguration of Justice Walter Onnonegen as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, appealing to Nigerians to assist the third arm of government to fish out currupt judges.

According to him, corruption has invested every aspect of the Nigerian society, including the judiciary, adding that with support by Nigerians, the judiciary will be in a better position to help rescue the nation’s economy.

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Mohammed said: “We agree, corruption is everywhere, but you see we are all Nigerians.

“In the judiciary, it is there we need the assistance of all Nigerians to help fish out those corrupt elements within us so that we could fight with vigour to deliver a clean judiciary for the nation to fight against corruption and to assist in revamping the economy for the interest of this nation in order to secure economy all over.

“This is because the judiciary has a big role to play in every aspect of our lives.”

It would be recalled that the judiciary has been under fire lately with the arrest of seven judges, including two justices of the Supreme Court over allegations of corrupt practices and professional misconduct by the Department of State Services, DSS. Eight other judges are also under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews

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