The
Presidency on Sunday backed the weekend’s raids on the residences of some
judges and their arrest, saying due process was followed.
It,
however, said the clampdown was not against the judiciary but against corruption.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
said this in a statement made available to journalists.
Shehu
said the Presidency had been told by the DSS that all due processes of the law,
including the possession of search and arrest warrants, were obtained before
the searches were carried out.
Describing
the raids as “surgical operation”, he said to suggest that the government acted
outside the law in a dictatorial manner, was therefore to breach the interest
of the state.
The
statement read, “The recent surgical operation against some judicial officers
is specifically targeted at corruption and not at the judiciary as an
institution.
“In
a robust democracy such as ours, there is bound to be a plurality of opinions
on any given issue, but there is a convergence of views that the country has a
corruption problem that needs to be corrected.
“But
reports by a section of the media are giving us cause for concern.
“To
suggest that the government is acting outside the law, in a dictatorial manner,
is to breach the interest of the state.”
Source:The Punch
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