National Judicial Council Suspends 7 Senior Judges Accused Of Corruption

 

THE National Judicial Council, NJC, has suspended seven senior judges arrested in October by the State Security Service for alleged corruption. The NJC had initially refused to suspend the judges despite public pressure, saying the allegations against them had not been substantiated.

It however said the judges had voluntarily stepped down from court sittings. The latest decision came after the council’s 7th meeting between Wednesday and Thursday. A communique issued at the end of the meeting, and signed by NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, said the decision was taken to avoid allowing persons under investigation to to partake in presiding over judicial matters at the same time.

Seven judges were arrested on October 7.

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