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On Monday, state governors agreed to accede to the demand for judiciary autonomy being championed by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, who have locked and grounded activities in courts across the country for the 14th day running.
The state governors, through Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman, and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, at a meeting with representatives of both the judiciary and legislature to harmonise their position in the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said all parties had reached an agreement on the way forward.
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Published 10 January 2021
AN unimaginable intensity of corruption is threatening Nigeria’s justice system. At issue is the duplicitous practice of lawyers bribing judges to pervert the cause of justice. Accordingly, a new survey details the sordid transactions soiling the temple of justice through the underhand exchange of tons of bribe money between the Bar and the Bench. In a novel project, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission lays bare the spectre of corruption plaguing the judiciary, estimating that billions of naira passed from lawyers to judges in a span of two years. In Nigeria, judicial corruption is a bitter reality, though no progressive government tolerates it.