NBA urges EFCC to publish names of corrupt Judges under probe

Concerned about the level of corruption within the justice sector, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to make public the names of all the sitting Judges currently under investigation, saying it will be in the interest of the nation to ‘name and shame’ such judicial officers.
Briefing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the National President of the NBA, Chief Okey Wali, SAN, said the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the organization, at the end of its meting at Lafia, Nasarawa State on November 22, “resolved to welcome prompt action on such investigations and developments.”
Nevertheless, NBA, said it would not stand by and watch politicians rubbish the reputation of any good and hard working judge across the federation through frivolous petitions to anti-graft agencies, noting that “a situation where people go on air with impunity and make allegations against members of the Bench, and are not called upon to substantiate, cannot be good for our judiciary.”
Consequently, it urged the NJC and security agencies to thoroughly investigate such allegations, and when established, “punish the Judicial officer involved and if the allegations is found to be false and a mere smear campaign and blackmail, prosecute and punish the person making such spurious allegation for false information. Read more