Drivers, tricycle operators applaud judges arrest
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Judges
By Yakubu Ubah
Yola, Oct. 10, 2016 (NAN) Commercial motorists and tricycle operation in Adamawa have hailed the Federal Government for arresting some alleged corrupt judges from the judiciary.
They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Monday.
The drivers said that everything possible needed to be done to sanitise the judiciary as the last hope of the common man from corruption.
Musa Habu, a driver, said, “I am in full support of this move to sanitise the judiciary and there should be no sacred cow. If politicians and military men are being arrested for corruption, judges should not be excluded.”
Hamza Bappa and Peter Ishaku, both drivers, declared their support and condemned threats by the Nigerian Bar Association over the development.
“I swear we are ready for those enemy of progress; it’s between us – supporters of anti-corruption -and them.
“Where are they (NBA) when pick pockets were being sent to long jail term while corrupt government officials were given light sentences or have their conviction being delayed or frustrated by corrupt judges,” Ishaku said.
Some tricycle operators, Habibu Danjuma and Kabiru Mubi, also declared support for the arrest of the judges,
They said the measure had gone a long way to convinced Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was committed to the fight against corruption.
“It’s now that I am convinced that Buhari is committed to fighting corruption; we are with him on this. We voted for him for such change,” Danjuma said. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha