Activists have blamed the National Judicial Council NJC for corruption in the judiciary by “deliberately ignoring obvious signs of corruption on the Bench”.
The coalition of activists under the aegis of One Voice Civil Society Coalition, which includes the Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS), the Access to Justice (AJ), the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG), among others, faulted NJC’s latest directive barring publication of petitions against judges.
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At a briefing , HURILAWS’ Director Mr Collins Okeke, said: “The NJC treated corruption as an internal problem and failed to make corrupt judges accountable to the same standards applicable to others, such as criminal prosecution for corruption.
“It has been canvassed and rightly so that the NJC deliberately ignores obvious signs of corruption. There is also a feeling that the NJC procedure for discipline is overly formalistic and legal, making it extremely difficult for complaints to come forward.”
The group faulted the new guidelines that forbids publication of allegations of misconduct against judicial officers or employees.
By:DAVID
he Nation News
