PRESIDENT of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh, has condemned the recent criticism of the judiciary in the fight against corruption.

Alegeh spoke at a valedictory session organised in honour of a retiring Justice of the Supreme Court, Mohammed Muntaka-Coomassie, at the premises of the court in Abuja.

He said: “The NBA condemns in its entirety the generalisation and categorisation of the judiciary as being corrupt and an impediment to the zero corruption policy of the present administration.”

He noted that though there are bad eggs in the judicial system, categorising the entire judiciary as corrupt is a strong misconception, and an attempt to intimidated the judiciary, which will not be tolerated.

The Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, noted that the judiciary is duty bound to act in accordance with the dictates of the law, not that made by critics.

Justice Muntaka-Coomassie, who was being celebrated, called for the recognition of the CJN as the fourth, in the hierarchy of the nation’s leadership.