The home of Nnamdi Dimgba, a judge of the federal high court
Abuja, was raided a day after he had berated the Department of State Services
(DSS) in court.
The homes of some judges
across the country were raided by the DSS on allegations of
corruption.
On Friday, Dimgba had
chided the DSS in court for flouting an order to remand a defendant to prison.
Umar Mohammed, a retired
air commodore, was ordered to be remanded to Kuje prison on Thursday and on
Friday, the DSS failed to produce him at a hearing for his bail application.
“I take a strong exception
to this type of behaviour; when the court orders that someone be kept in prison
custody, the person ought to be kept in prison and not in the office,” Dimgba
said.
“If the people at the DSS
want to become judge and do their job as well, I am ready to vacate my office
for them, but as long as I am still here, I take an exception to them flouting
the orders of the court. Once processes have been filed in court, it is no
longer in their hands and the order of the court must be obeyed.”
Although he was not
arrested, the operatives went to his house, but neither of the two
warrants had his name.
His brother who was in the
house was reportedly assaulted.
Day of the invasion
According to Punch, the DSS operatives arrived at Dimgba’s residence at 8:00pm on
Friday.
“The judge got to know of
the presence of the DSS operatives at about 8pm on Friday after he was alerted
by his security guards. About 20 of them surrounded this house and that of
Justice Ademola,” the newspaper reported.
“About an hour later, they
sought to enter the house and they were let in. On getting in, the judge asked
for their search warrant and they promptly produced one which bore Justice John
Nyang’s name. The judge made them to realise that he wasn’t Justice Nyang and
they produced another one bearing Justice Ademola’s name.
“Justice Dimgba again said
he was not Justice Ademola. They promptly apologised that there was a mix-up
but that they had instruction to search his place.
“They went ahead to search
the house for about 30 minutes. At the end, they went away with the bag which
the judge later complained to be containing his draft judgments.”
PUNCH reported that
the DSS operatives, after breaking a door that leads to his living room,
searched the property and made away with a bag containing the drafts of
judgments which he was meant to deliver on Tuesday.
Adeniyi Ademola, the judge
trying Sambo Dasuki and Dimgba’s are neighbours and their houses are located at
S.O Ogbemudia Crescent, Zone E, Apo Legislative Quarters. Meanwhile, Dimgba
occupies 30A, Ademola lives at 30B.
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