S’Court Justices in DSS custody, to be arraigned on Monday

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Supreme Court Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro arrested at their official residences in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday are in the custody the Department of State Service (DSS).

It is gathered that the two men will be arraigned on alleged corruption charges on Monday in Abuja.

Media aide to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ahuraka Isah, confirmed the arrest of Justices Nwgwuta and Okoro.

Isah, says the reasons for the arrest were still not known to him noting that Justice Walter Onnoghen, the next in rank to the incumbent CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, was not among the Justices of the apex court arrested as earlier reported.

Sources confirmed that Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja was also arrested by the operatives of the DSS after breaking into his official residence at about 1am on Saturday.

The official residence of another judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, who is a neighbour to Justice Ademola on S. O Ogbemudia Crescent, Zone E of Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja, was also searched but Dimgba was not arrested.

Sources confirmed that the security agencies presented search warrants for the raid on the homes of Justices Ngwuta, Okoro and Ademola.

The operative went away with some documents found in the arrested judicial officers’ homes.

It was learnt that the DSS had no warrant for the search conducted on Justice Dimgba’s house.

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