|| DSS raids again, two more judges arrested – Newspaper Review ||

Daily newspapers in Nigeria today focus on the ongoing arrest of judges by operatives of the Department of Stat Security (DSS).

 

The Nation newspaper

The Nation newspaper is reporting that two more judges were yesterday arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), taking the number of judges so far picked up to nine.
Justices Bashir Sukola and Ladan Manir of the Kaduna State High Court, were arrested in Kaduna and taken to the DSS Headquarters in Abuja at about 8.30pm.
A top source said they were immediately taken in for interrogation.Six other judges are under probe.
The DSS, it was learnt yesterday,  has frozen the accounts of some of the judges under investigation.

The Guardian newspaper

Guardian is leading with a report that The National Judicial Council (NJC) is fast losing its harmony as members failed to take a common stance on the arrest of judges after meeting for two days in Abuja.
They extended the meeting to a third day — today.
The council is one of the federal executive bodies created by law to insulate the judiciary from undue influence of the executive arm of government.

In the same vein, Vanguard is leading with a report that the Federal Government has said it would step on more big toes in its anti-corruption war. The government said the fight against corruption must be whole and thorough and, therefore, would not spare anyone found culpable.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, accompanied by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, stated this, yesterday,  while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.
 

Punch newspaper