Justice Samson Uwaifo has described corrupt judges as a problem to the society
The retired Supreme Court judge advocates for the prosecution of corrupt judges
He criticised the judicial commission for failing to punish bad judges
Justice Samson Uwaifo has compared corrupt judges to thieves and advocated for them to be jailed.
The retired Supreme Court judge made this remark in the wake of the controversy surrounding the raid and arrest of some judges by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) in the early hours of Saturday, October 8.
In an interview with Channels television, Uwaifo said that will the judiciary is not corrupt, there were some judges that were corrupt.
“A corrupt judge is more harmful to the society than a man who runs amok with a dagger in a crowded street.
“If a judge is corrupt, he is no longer a judge, he is a thief and therefore he should be treated as such, according to the law and sent to jail.”
He said focus should be placed on how to eradicate corruption from the judiciary.
“The substantive issue is corruption. Is it true that these people are actually corrupt and that huge sums of money were found in their place?
“If that is so, the question of the procedure that was taken would be a secondary thing – DSS can be punished for what they did (wrong) but (focus should be) on the result (of the DSS action).”
Uwaifo also frowned at the National Judicial Commission for retiring a corrupt judge instead of dismissing him.
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