ENUGU—Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has advised the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, not to use the DSS to harass judges whose fidelity to integrity cannot be questioned.

According to Falana, since the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, has admitted that he authorized the raid of some judges’ homes at night, he is indirectly liable for the illegality of the invasion of the house of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court.

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Falana, who stated these in a paper, entitled  “Allegations of Corruption in the Justice Delivery Sector: Implications for the Rule of Law and Democracy,” delivered at the opening ceremony of the NBA Enugu branch, said:  “From the information at my disposal, the ‘offence’ committed by the judge was that he had ordered the DSS to produce a detainee in a fundamental right application pending in his court. Since Justice Dimgba has never been associated, even remotely, with corrupt practices, he deserves an unreserved apology from the Federal Government.

“In prosecuting the war against corruption, the DSS should not be allowed to harass judges whose fidelity to integrity cannot be questioned.”

Falana again condemned the raiding of some judges’ homes at night, insisting that “even though I support the purge of the judiciary, I am unable to persuade myself not to endorse the nocturnal raid of the official quarters of corrupt judges.”