Newly appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Alooma Mukhtar, on Wednesday said there was corruption in the nation’s
judiciary and pledged to rid the system of “bad eggs.”
Mukhtar, the first female to be appointed as the CJN,
assured the Senate, while defending her appointment by President
Goodluck Jonathan, that there would be “internal cleansing” to shore up
the image of the third arm of government.
She said, “Corruption is in every system of our
society and I cannot pretend that it is not in the judiciary. What I
intend to do to curb this is to lead by example and to hope and pray
that others will follow.
“As the chairman of the National Judicial Council, I will encourage internal cleansing based on petition.”
Mukhtar’s submission confirms critics’ allegation
that the judiciary even as the last hope of the people has been taken
over by the pervasive corruption in the country.
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