An Abuja Federal High Court Judge Nnamdi Dimgba has blasted the SSS for not remanding a defendant as ordered.
Justice Dimgba had ordered that Umar Mohammed, a retired Air Commodore, who was arraigned before him on Thursday, be remanded in Kuje Prison pending the hearing of his bail application.
The DSS failed to do so and he was absent from court as his bail application was argued.
Justice Dimgba described the failure of the DSS as a disgrace to democracy.
He said, “I take a strong exception to this type of behaviour; when the court orders that someone be kept in prison custody, the person ought to be kept in prison and not in the office.
“If the people at the DSS want to become judge and do their job as well, I am ready to vacate my office for them, but as long as I am still here, I take an exception to them flouting the orders of the court.
“Once processes have been filed in court, it is no longer in their hands and the order of the court must be obeyed,’’
He asked the prosecuting counsel, E.A Orji, to convey the grievances of the court to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.
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