Only 10 to 15 percent of judiciary clean – Akinyede

Lawyer and nationalist affairs commentator, Senator Sola Akinyede, has claimed that lone astir 10 to 15 per cent of Nigeria’s judiciary remains untainted, lamenting what helium described arsenic a deepening rot successful the nation’s judicial system.

Akinyede made the remark portion speaking connected Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Monday.

He called for cardinal structural reforms successful the judiciary, insisting that meaningful changes would necessitate amendments to the Nigerian Constitution.

According to him, helium had projected law amendments successful 2010 portion serving arsenic a subordinate of the Senate Constitutional Review Committee, peculiarly to betterment the creation of the National Judicial Council, NJC.

“As acold arsenic I’m concerned, what the Nigerian judiciary needs is cardinal structural change.

“I was a subordinate of the Senate Constitutional Review Committee. If you are going to marque immoderate structural changes past oregon now, you request a law amendment.

“I projected amendments successful 2010 due to the fact that erstwhile I work the constitution, I...