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How NJC shields corrupt judges, by presidential adviser
The national judicial Council (NJC) has been accused of shielding corrupt judges.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, said the NJC “descends heavily” on judges who have no godfathers or connection, but leaves judges known to be corrupt on the Bench because of their family history and other considerations. He did not name such judges.
Obono-Obla, in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, said corruption had become so rife in the judiciary that some litigants approach judges directly, bypassing their lawyers.
He said a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) once confided in him that lawyers’ income was dropping because litigants prefer to go to judges directly.
The presidential spoke in an interview with our correspondent in office in Abuja.
Nation, July 4, 2017
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