The Department of State Security (DSS) has released all judges arrested during its nationwide raid over the weekend.
Recall we had reported that JusticeSylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, regained his freedom on Saturday after the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), declared a state of emergency in the judiciary.
Meanwhile, we can report that a day after Justice Ngwuta regained his freedom, other judges who were arrested by the DSS during its nationwide raid between Friday and Saturday, have regained their freedom.
The judges, that have been released by the DSS include: Justice Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court; Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja; Kabir Auta of the Kano High Court; Muazu Pindiga of the Gombe High Court, Mohammed Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin, and the Chief Judge of Enugu State, I. A. Umezulike.
According to an online news platform, Premium Times, the judges were released on self-recognition on Sunday and reported on Monday morning for further investigation.
A source in the agency camp said, : "They were all released on bail yesterday(Sunday) on self recognition,” the source said.
“They reported this morning (Monday) and they have all gone back home. They will be coming back tomorrow. And everything went very procedurally well and civil.
“They were released on bail on self recognition based on the fact that given their standing in the society, they cannot run away. They were instructed that they should come back today by 10am.
“They did report for investigation this morning and they have gone back home. And the investigation continues and preparation to charge them to court.” The source added.
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