{"id":6836,"date":"2013-07-20T23:26:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T23:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/judgment-leakage-sacked-supreme-court-staff-may-face-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2013-07-20T23:26:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T23:26:45","slug":"judgment-leakage-sacked-supreme-court-staff-may-face-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/judgment-leakage-sacked-supreme-court-staff-may-face-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment leakage: Sacked Supreme Court staff may face prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022Judicial Commission sends NJC\u2019s probe report to the AGF<\/strong><\/p>\n

The five workers of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal who were recently sacked over the leakage of a judgment of the apex court stand the risk of facing trial for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n

The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC), it was gathered, has sent the report of the National Judicial Council to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) for the trial of the suspects.<\/p>\n

The FJSC dismissed the five on July 4 on account of the leakage of judgment on the dispute between Senator Alphonsus Uba Igbeke and Lady Margery Okadigbo, on the Anambra North senatorial seat.<\/p>\n

Axed were Russell Ndenu, Bada Kayode, Festus Ilurimi, Nathaniel Abraham, Olayinka Abiodun, all from the Supreme Court, and Stephen Izonebi from the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

A source familiar with the matter said yesterday that the suspects \u201cwill still be arraigned in court for trial any moment from now. They have made useful statement to the NJC panel which established a prima facie case against them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FJSC has sent a copy of the report of NJC\u2019s investigation to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), for the prosecution of the suspects by the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also risk going to jail for violating civil service regulations and indulging in bribery.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the fate of the procurer of the judgment, the Supreme Court official said: \u201cThe police and other security agencies are expected to investigate and subject the suspect to the nation\u2019s criminal justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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