The Recent Raid on the Residence of Some Judicial Officers in Nigeria and Their Arrest: Matters Arising

Abstract

Money, they say, is the root of all evil. The bench is definitely not the place to make money. A corrupt judge is, thus, a great vermin, the greatest curse ever to afflict any nation. No one should go to the Bench to amass wealth, for money corrupts and pollutes not only the channels of justice but also the very stream itself. It is a calamity to have a corrupt Judge. The passing away of a great Advocate does not pose such public danger as the appearance of a corrupt and/or weak Judge on the Bench, for in the latter instance, the public interest is bound to suffer and elegant justice is mocked, debased, depreciated and auctioned. When justice is bought and sold, there is no more hope for society. What our society needs is an honest, trusted and trustworthy judiciary. It is far better to have an intellectually average, but honest judge, than a legal genius who is a rogue. Nothing is as hateful as venal justice, justice that is auctioned, justice that goes to the highest bidder