President Muhammadu Buhari while speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 31, said his biggest headache in the ongoing fight against corruption in Nigeria remained the actions and inactions of the judiciary.
This comment obviously didn’t go down well with the Nigerian Bar Association and they made it clear during the valedictory session organised in honour of a retiring Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mohammed Muntaka-Coomassie. These are some things the NBA had to say…
1. The NBA said the generalization and/or categorization of the Judiciary as being corrupt and an impediment to the zero corruption policy of the present administration was unacceptable.
2. It stated that although there were bad eggs in the system, the categorization of the entire judiciary as corrupt was a strong misconception, and an attempt to intimidate the judiciary, which he said would not be tolerated.
3. It said such generalizations and categorizations of the judiciary as being an obstacle to the anti-corruption crusade was aimed at intimidating the judiciary.
4. It also said the judiciary was duty bound to act in accordance with the dictates of the law, not that made by critics.
5. Rounding up its reaction, the NBA said the Nigerian Judiciary, though constantly striving to redress the wrongs and tilt the balance in favour of that which is right, has recently had to face the backlash of misguided opinions fashioned without due consideration of the law.
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