DSS recovers over N360m in 3 judges’ homes

Justices Ngwuta, Okoro and Ademole in DSS detention

Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday, said it recovered over N360 million from the residences of three judges following raids, on Friday night,‎ of the residences of seven judges of the Supreme, Federal and High Courts across the country.

A breakdown of the monies allegedly recovered from the residences of the three judges is N93,558,000; $530,087; £25,970 and €5,680.

The three judges were identified as Justices Adeniyi F.A. Ademola, Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta and John Inyang Okoro. The DSS claimed Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State frustrated the raid of the house of one of the seven judges in which it alleged about two million dollars was being kept, a charge Wike rejected. Wike explained that he acted based on what he described as the suspicious nature of the raid, especially as he is the chief security officer of Rivers State.

SOURCE: VANGUARD