JUDGES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION, NOT JUDICIARY UNDER ATTACK

The President Buhari has reacted to the arrest of three judges across the country, insisting that they were arrested based on corruption and not the judiciary was under attack.

In a statement issued by Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity,‎ Garba Shehu, stated that “the President reserves his highest respect for the institution of the judiciary as the third arm of government.

To this end, the President will not do anything to undermine its independence.
President Buhari remains a committed democrat, in words and in his action, and will not take any action in violation of the constitution.

He added that the arrest of the three judges is specifically target at corruption.

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.

In undertaking the task of reporting, the media should be careful about the fault lines they open. It is wrong to present this incident as a confrontation between the executive and judicial arms of government.