The
leadership of the 8th Senate has reportedly mandated the committee on
judiciary, human rights and legal matters to investigate the DSS crackdown on Federal judges.
According to a report by TheCable,
the Senate Committee led by Senator David Umaru will investigate the
purported arrest of the six judges by the Department of State Security.
Umaru said: “By virtue of the
1999 Constitution as amended and Order 96, Rule 37 of our Rules, the powers of
this committee to oversight the Judiciary and its powers include judicial
matters and judges.
“I am bringing this to the attention
of the Senate so that we can take the permission to enable us conduct proper
oversight on this matter and invite the justices.
“This is to enable us to interact
with them in order to conduct proper oversight as we are enjoined by the
provision of our rules and the 1999 Constitution,” he said.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki
informed the committee that it was already empowered by the rules of the Senate
to carry out its duties.
He said: “You do not need to come
to us; you have your powers under the oversight and you should be able use the
powers and do whatever you deem necessary. So, do your job in line with your
powers.”
On October 8, 2016, operatives of
the DSS arrested and detained six justices - John Okoro, Sylvester Nguta,
Innocent Umezulike, Nnamdi Dimgba, Adeniyi Ademola and Muazu Pindiga
- who were alleged to be corrupt.
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