HURIWA Seeks NJC, EFCC, ICPC Joint Action Against Corruption In Judiciary

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) needs the National Judicial Council (NJC) to determine a strong, clear and time-bound inside anti-corruption mechanism to work with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

It mentioned the proposed mechanism would allow the NJC to research, expose and prosecute judicial officers implicated in corruption-related points.

HURIWA mentioned the disturbing warning by retired Supreme Court Justice Amina Adamu Augie that corruption is popping Nigerian courts into “market stalls” captures the depth of the disaster confronting the nation’s justice system and reinforces the pressing want for decisive institutional motion.

Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko,  nationwide coordinator of the affiliation, warns that judicial corruption represents a grave menace to public confidence, constitutional democracy and the peaceable decision of disputes in Nigeria.

When residents start to understand the courts as industrial retailers the place justice goes to the very best bidder, the very basis of the rule of legislation turns into endangered.

HURIWA mentioned Nigeria can’t afford to permit this harmful erosion of public confidence to persist, significantly because the nation approaches one other election cycle. If residents lose religion within the judiciary’s skill to ship neutral justice, aggrieved people and teams might more and more ponder self-help, with probably devastating penalties for nationwide stability, democratic governance, and social cohesion.

The affiliation cautions that no democracy may be sustainable when its residents lose confidence within the establishments liable for defending their rights, resolving disputes, and holding public officers accountable. HURIWA subsequently calls for that the NJC cease treating judicial corruption as an completely inside disciplinary matter every time credible proof factors to doable legal conduct.