The judge declined to open the safe in his home for DSS agents to have admittance to its substance, a source said.
The DSS, which arrangements to claim the safe to reveal its substance, is said to have been addressing bank chiefs over connections with a portion of the judges.
Another judge was said to have gotten an advance from a bank to execute an agreement in Bauchi State and when he defaulted, the bank recorded a suit against him at the Federal High Court in Bauchi.
Likewise, it was learnt that a large portion of the judges against whom the DSS propelled sting operations at the weekend had been under "meticulous examination" in the most recent one year.
As at squeeze time, the DSS had begun scrutinizing some bank boss and executives embroiled in tax evasion and colossal gift embarrassment.
In any case, in the midst of more disclosures on the defilement in the Judiciary, the DSS yesterday strengthened the flame broiling of seven confined judges.
Those kept are two Supreme Court Justices – Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro; – the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya, who was grabbed in Sokoto; Justice Adeniyi Ademola (Federal High Court); the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike; Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court; and Justice Muazu Pindiga (Gombe State High Court).
The source said: “Corruption in the Judiciary was based on our intelligence gathering and alerts from informants and petitions. It is not based on the perception of Nigerians. We have been on the trail of some of these judges in the last few months.
“For instance, we started probing one of the seven judges in detention since the Ramadan period of 2015. When we got sufficient intelligence on him, bordering on over N500million bribe, we invited him.
“The judge was given a copy of our report on him. By the time he read it halfway, he prostrated, held the legs of the security chief and begged for forgiveness. We captured the way he was reeling on the floor.
“We later sent a security brief on him to the National Judicial Council (NJC) with enough evidence. But he was cleared by the NJC as having committed no wrong. Since the NJC could not do the needful, we have decided to subject him to a judicial process.
“We also have a case of one of the judges who refused to unlock a safe in his house when our operatives went to his house. We may actually secure the leave of the court to relocate the safe to Abuja.
“Another detained judge got a contract from Bauchi State Government and obtained a loan from a bank. But when he defaulted in paying back the facility, the bank filed an action against him before the Federal High Court in Bauchi. What is the business of a judge with contract?”
Another source gave bits of knowledge into the progressing operation against 15 judges by the Service.
"We are burrowing increasingly and getting crisp disclosures from these judges. Case in point, a Federal High Court judge in detainment really spread the N54million and $171,779 recuperated from his home in various rooms. He kept them in various parts of the rooms like a criminal."
Obviously alluding to the reactions against the sting operations, the source said:
"A few people have been greater than Nigeria. On the off chance that you are searching for maybe a couple, go to the Judiciary.
The DSS order is to investigate anything that is hindering to Nigeria's national security premium and to avert it.
"There is no insusceptibility presented on judges, we are just compelled by a sense of honor to ensure the court since it is a hallowed place, a sanctuary of equity. When you have issues, you go to court however instantly a judge is outside the court, he or she resemble you and me.
"There is nothing strange about the capture of judges other than it has not been the practice. In any case, it is ordinary. Once a request of is held up, it is ordinary that you simply need to investigate it as a security office."
There were signs yesterday that the DSS had begun barbecuing some bank boss and chiefs on assertions of IRS evasion and contribution in immense pay off outrages.
The source said: "We have begun investigating charges against a few banks; we have shredded all banks. Some bank boss have been going to the DSS office in Abuja for elucidations on a few exchanges we are researching.
"Consistently, at least three bank authorities come here. We will tell you the result soon."
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