EDITORIAL: When will the NJC be ready to punish criminal judges?
Late Justice Kayode Esho By so doing, late Justice Kayode Esho of the Supreme Court, who used to speak about the obscene existence of “billionaire judges;” Justice Ayo Salami, who lost his job as President of the Court of Appeal for standing up against a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, who hijacked an election petition in the Sokoto division of his court, without any authority to do so; and other senior lawyers, who loudly decry judicial abuses, would not have tried in vain to sanitise the temple of justice.
ALSO READ: NJC suspends two judges, rejects eight others’ appeals, recommends 12 new appeal court justices The fact that Justice Muhammed Shuaibu, the Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal, Sokoto division, admitted at the North-Western Attorney-General’s Conference, years ago, that “Part of the problem in the fight against graft in the country are judges,” speaks volume.
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun When judges are accused of misconduct, what easily comes to mind is the sale of justice to the highest bidder.
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