Saturday, October 29, 2016
Court Summons Buhari, DSS DG Over Prosecution Of Arrested Judges

President Muhammadu Buhari, Director-General of the Department of State Service, DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, and other government officials have been summoned by an Abuja Federal High court.

They are to appear on November 15 to provide reasons why seven judges arrested between October 7 and 8 should be prosecuted.

Others equally summoned are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the National Judicial Council, NJC.

They were all cited as Respondents in a legal action that was instituted before the high court by a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje.

President Buhari is not expected to appear in person; he is expected to brief a lawyer to represent him before the court on that date.

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