Operatives of the Department of State Services on Saturday arrested two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro – in the early hours of Saturday at their official residences in Abuja, The Punch reports.
Media aide to the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr. Ahuraka Isah, confirmed the development stating that Justice Walter Onnoghen, the next in rank to the incumbent CJN, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, was not arrested.
Isah said, “What I can tell you for now is that Justices Ngwuta and Okoro were arrested early hours of today.
“We do not know the reasons for the arrest yet. Justice Onnoghen was not among those arrested.”
The houses of two judges of the Federal High Court were also invaded by the DSS operatives.
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