Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) has said that the Federal Government may be guilty of sadism if it did not follow legal procedure whilst carrying out the sting against the alleged corrupt elements of the Judiciary in the sting that saw millions of Naira and foreign currencies seized by the Department of State Security (DSS).
He also accused the Presidency of harbouring corrupt elements in its cabinet, saying the judiciary and legislative merely complemented the executive in a trifecta of corruption or what he described as the “three arms of corruption”.
His words: “The raid on the residences of the Supreme Court judges if done with a proper court order is justified but if done without a proper court order is nothing but sadism.
“Support for search or arrest without warrant irrespective of the gravity of suspicion is a tacit endorsement of tendencies of a totalitarian state,”
“With mountains of allegations of corruption in the kitchen cabinet of Mr. President; with mountains of allegations of corruption in the Parliament; with mountains of allegations of corruption in the Judiciary, now we are having a three Arms of corruption,”
“impunity is rooted in a society where Justice is for the highest bidder; corrupt Judges are merchants of Justice; and commercialization of Justice puts Justice on tender.”
The lawmaker said: “For the SSS and the Federal Government this is my take:
1-Rule of law is the most potent weapon in the fight against corruption in a democratic society;
2-Each time we circumvent the rule of law for expediency, we reinforce the pillar of tyranny.
3-It’s not the good we achieve when we cut short the rule of law, it’s the evil that could be justified using the same route.
4-Whatever you achieve using the rule of law is insured against moral stain.
5-To break the law in order to enforce the law is to extinguish the flame of justice upon which the rule of law is alighted.”
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