The National Judicial Council,
NJC, has suspended seven
senior judges arrested on
October 7th by the State
Security Service over
allegations of corrupt
practices. The judicial body
had initially refused to
suspend the accused judges
but resolved to suspend them
after the council’s meeting
which took place between
yesterday November 2nd and
today November 3rd.

The suspension of the affected
judges is contained ? in a
communique issued at the
end of the meeting, and
signed by NJC’s Director of
Information, Soji Oye.