ABUJA— SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, affirmed that the House was investigating the allegation of corruption in the upper echelon of the Nigerian Judicial system.
The Speaker who made this known on the floor of the House after Hon. Igo Aguma, PDP, Rivers, raised a motion on his privileges as a Nigerian and a member of the House of Representatives, said: “I wish to inform the House that this morning, the Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, has informed me, that his committee is already looking into the matter. We should not at this level pre_empt the outcome. The House is looking into the Judiciary and what is going on there.”
In the motion, Aguma said that there had been accusations and counter accusations of allegation of corruption by the top segment of the Nigerian Judiciary. He said that no one was making any effort to verify the allegation made by the President of the Court of Appeal Justice Isa Salami that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina_Alu, directed him to manipulate the outcome of the Appeal case against the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako.
Aguma said: “My privilege has been breached as a member of the House of Representatives who has sworn to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the accusation and counter accusation of corruption in the Nigerian Judicial system by very high ranking officers.
“We cannot as a parliament sit down and not ascertain the level of rot in the Judiciary. We must do something about these allegations.”
It will be recalled Justice Salami had recently generated national concern when he rejected promotion to become a Justice of the Supreme Court. He said the promotion was against his wish, and that it was an attempt by the CJN to victimise him because he had refused to be compromised in the Appeal case of Governor Wamako.
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In the motion, Aguma said that there had been accusations and counter accusations of allegation of corruption by the top segment of the Nigerian Judiciary. He said that no one was making any effort to verify the allegation made by the President of the Court of Appeal Justice Isa Salami that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina_Alu, directed him to manipulate the outcome of the Appeal case against the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako.
Aguma said: “My privilege has been breached as a member of the House of Representatives who has sworn to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the accusation and counter accusation of corruption in the Nigerian Judicial system by very high ranking officers.
“We cannot as a parliament sit down and not ascertain the level of rot in the Judiciary. We must do something about these allegations.”
It will be recalled Justice Salami had recently generated national concern when he rejected promotion to become a Justice of the Supreme Court. He said the promotion was against his wish, and that it was an attempt by the CJN to victimise him because he had refused to be compromised in the Appeal case of Governor Wamako.
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