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Legal practitioner Egbert Faibille has cautioned Anas Aremeyaw Anas against the implications of his undercover investigation on the judicial service.

According to lawyer Egbert Faibille, the video recording of some judges seeking bribes to either quash or intervene in a trial may have some dire consequences on the judicial service.

He explained that though some judges have been caught on the tape, if due diligence is not done to ascertain the veracity of their actions and it is shown to the public; the ones found not guilty of the allegations may still face public ridicule or have their integrity affected.

Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Lawyer Faibille appealed to the ace investigator and his team to hold on to the tape till a detailed judicial enquiry is held into the misconduct of the accused judges.

“They have to face an enquiry of some sort…Whiles there’s an enquiry underway, I will be of the contention that let’s wait for the judiciary to finish (with their enquiry),” he said.

He further alluded to similar investigations in previous years where some judges were accused of corruption but they later challenged the investigations.

“This is not the first time in Ghana’s history that we have charged a judge with corruption or improper conduct. Some were removed under PNDC. They went to court later to challenge the basis of their removal and they were cleared, and came back to work. At that time, there was no tape.

“There are people in Ghana today that what I’m saying will be news to them. But we’re talking about a tape which can have perpetual value. It could be everlasting. So, the balance is that much as it is a right that we should not try people before their time, we shouldn’t try the case to prove that somebody is guilty when the person has not gone through the due process.”

He called on Anas' investigative team to allow the judges to "go through the mill" and then they can later update the tape and show it in the public domain.