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Eight judges, two registrars under EFCC investigation – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it is currently investigating eight judges and two court registrars.

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Thursday that the investigation involving the eight judges and two registrars had got to an advanced stage.

He said some of the suspects, who had been invited, had made useful statements which had aided the ongoing investigations.

He explained that only one out of the seven judges recently arrested by the Department of State Services was among those being probed by the commission.

The DSS had, in what it called a sting operation, arrested Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro, both of the Supreme Court;  the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Tsamiya; Justice Kabiru Auta of the Kano State High Court and Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Others arrested were a former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike, and Muazu Pindiga of the Federal High Court, Gombe Division.

The EFCC spokesman stated that the commission’s investigation had reached its conclusive stage when one of the suspects got an order from a Federal High Court to halt the process.

The statement added, “Further, it must be stated that of the seven judges, who are subject of the DSS raids, only one of them previously featured in a petition on alleged corruption to the EFCC.

“Investigation into the petition had reached an advanced stage, when one of the judges got a Federal High Court order to stop further investigation by the commission. The EFCC is still trying to vacate that order for the investigation to proceed unfettered.

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“However, Nigerians deserve to know that the nature of professional investigation of financial crimes is highly discreet and not given to theatre.

“Therefore, the notion that a petition is submitted today and the next things that follow are instant arrests, prosecution and convictions is highly misleading.

“In this regard, the EFCC is currently investigating eight judges and two court registrars. In due course, those who have cases to answer would be arrested and charged to court.”

Uwujaren stressed that there was no friction between the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the commission or involvement in any rivalry with the DSS.

He stated, “The EFCC wishes to put on record, that there is no friction with the office of the AGF and the Commission is not involved in inter-agency squabbles with the DSS.

“Indeed, the Commission, along with the DSS, ICPC, Police and the office of the AGF, is a member of a technical committee that meets at the highest level of government to collaborate and coordinate strategies against corruption.  The last such meeting was as recently as today.”

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