SaharaReporters has obtained a full list of top Nigerian judges under investigation by security agencies across the country.
The list is contained in
a confidential memo forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari on a recent
dramatic move by agents of the Department of State Security (DSS)
against judges accused of accepting bribes as well as other acts of
corruption.
A week
ago, agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) embarked on an
unprecedented raid of homes of numerous judges, arresting several of
them, including two Supreme Court justices directly linked with alleged
electoral judgment fraud in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
SEE THE NAMES OF THE JUDGES AFTER THE CUT.....................
The
judges named in a confidential list sent to President Muhammadu Buhari
include Justices Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta and John Inyang Okoro of the
Supreme Court, Justice Muhammad Ladan Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal,
Ilorin Division, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji of the Court of Appeal,
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Justice Mohammed
Yunusa of the Federal high Court, Justice Kabir Auta of the Kano State
High Court, Justice Munir Ladan of the Kaduna State High Court, Justice
Bashir Sukola of the Kaduna State High Court, and Justice Mu’azu Pindiga
of Gombe State High Court.
Other
high profile judges named in the confidential memo include Justice
Zainab Bulkachuwa, the current President of the Court of Appeal, Justice
Ibrahim Auta, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul
Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba and Justice
Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court.
The
memo accused Justice Chikere of receiving cash for a pre-election matter
that came before her. Justice Chikere is married to Kenneth Anayo
Chikere, a chieftain the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State
and a former member of the House of Representatives. According to the
source of the memo, Mr. Chikere acted as go-between to funnel
significant amounts of cash to his wife who then proceeded to give
favorable judgments to those who offered the cash.
The
memo alleged that Justice Kabiru Auta collected bribes from a
businessman named “Alhaji Kabiru SKY.” The bribe scandal led the
National Judicial Council (NJC) to suspend the judge, but the council
later recalled the judge, claiming there was not sufficient evidence
that he auctioned verdicts from the bench.
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