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Arrested Judges Have To Take Higher Moral Ground By Stepping Down -- Boma Ozobia Pt. 1
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October 25, 2016
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13:22Now PlayingA former President of Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Boma Ozobia, on Tuesday gave her opinion on why judges being investigated by Nigeria's security agencies should recuse.
She says there is need to sustain the confidence of litigants in the judiciary and highlighted that the judges' continued presence would weaken Nigerians confidence.
Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force had on October 7 and 8 raided homes of judges and arrested some of them, alleging their involvement in corrupt practices and misconduct.
Several comments have trailed their arrests, but discussions on the issue have tilted to the confidence of the public in the judiciary, with the national lawyers' body, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), asking the judges to recuse or for the National Judicial Council (NJC) to suspend them from further participation in cases.
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