Corruption in Judiciary is a Misconception, Says Rtd Supreme Court Justice

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olufunlola Adekeye has said the issue of corruption in the judiciary was a pure misconception, saying most people accusing the judiciary of being corrupt do not know how its operates.

She made this disclosure in Abuja during the public presentation of Court Observation Findings, implemented by Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN).

Adekeye, who is also a board member of PWAN said that the focus of the project was to eradicate bribery, fraud and corruption in the system.

This, she said would not only help the judiciary but even help the government to fight the corruption it has being talking about.

According to her, “this is to eradicate bribery, fraud and corruption in the judicial system. Nobody is left out, the judiciary is not left out. We all know that the judiciary is a powerful arm of the government, we cannot go about saying judiciary of any country is corrupt because that will spell doom for the country.”

Continuing, she added that, “in most cases, poeple go about saying judiciary is corrupt because of misconception, because they do not know how the judiciary operates. So, this kind of program is very apt in tackling this problem and that is why we are going into this.

“We want to show everybody that even though the power of any institution is derived from two sources; the law and public confidence. With this project, we can now have free accessibility to the court or to the operations in the court, there is no secret about it.

“Members of the public will have accessibility to the court and they will know what happens over there; there will be no room or in some misunderstanding to be talking about the judiciary that the judiciary is corrupt, they will know what happens over there and they have that power to criticise or to even pass comment that will help the judiciary to improve its service.”

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