A legal icon and Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Mr Afe Babalola, believes the military rule has affected Nigeria’s judicial system.Channels TelevisionHe decried the rate of corruption in the sector, although he said he does not agree that all judges were corrupt.Mr Babalola explained that judges were well respected and celebrated in the country decades ago as they were seen as small gods.
The university proprietor said 10 years after he started practicing, he got an invitation to join the bench but had to reject the offer, although he admitted that it was the dream of every good lawyer to get such an opportunity. He also highlighted the roles of the Department of State Services as a security agency, as provided by the Constitution.
“So, I am not surprised that the Buhari government did the same thing and people were at night arrested … the DSS who has no power of arrest; DSS’ duty in law is merely to gather information and give to the President and others.”
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