DSS Releases Statement In Respect To The series of Sting Operations Carried Out on Apeal and High Court Judges

A statement by DSS reads: "The DSS, in the past few days, has embarked on series of special sting operations involving some Judges of the Supreme, Appeal and High Courts, based on allegations of corruptions and other acts of professional misconduct by a few of the suspected Judges.
We have been monitoring the expensive and luxurious lifestyle of some of the Judges as well as complaints from the concerned public over judgment obtained fraudulently and on the basis of amounts of money paid. The judges involved were invited, upon which due diligence was exhibited and their premises searched. Some of them have made useful statements while a few have declined even with the glaring evidences that were found against them in terms of material cash, documents and property recovered pointing to their compromise.
In one of the States where the Service operations were conducted, credible intelligence revealed that the Judge had $2m stashed in his house. When he was approached for due search to be conducted, he in concert with the State Governor, mobilized thugs against the Service team.
The Service surveillance team noticed that upon frustrating the operation, the Judge with the active support of the Governor craftily moved the money to an unknown location which the Service is currently making effort to unravel.
Meanwhile, large amount including foreign/local currencies have been recovered from 3 judges Summaries of these include:

1. NAIRA – N93,558,000.00

2. DOLLARS – $530,087

3. POUNDS – £25,970

4. EURO – €5,680

Other foreign currencies were also recovered. These in addition to other banking documents, including real estate documents have been recovered. Meanwhile preparations are ongoing to arraign them in a competent court of jurisdiction.
In addition, the Service would like to put it on record, that it has tremendous respect for the Judiciary and would not do anything to undermine it or its activities. This current operation will be sustained and followed till sanity and sanctity is restored to the esteemed 3rd arm of government and public confidence is regained."