- Written by Lanre Adewole-lagos
- Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:00
Five judges reportedly listed as worst in productivity are said
to have been queried by the National Judicial Council (NJC),
preparatory to their appearance before the five-man probe panel set up
to try them.
Nigerian Tribune had exclusively reported their profiling as the worst in performance by the council’s Performance and Evaluation panel in five different geo-political zones.
The worst in each geo-political zone was reportedly picked to serve as starters for a cleansing exercise that a system source said could see tens of judges being exited for low and non-performance.
It was learnt that the querying is the standard practice for judges listed to face probe panel in the judiciary.
The council had in a statement recently disclosed that a five-man panel had been set up for the affected judges to try and defend their imminent ouster from service.
The statement, signed by council’s spokesperson, Soji Oye, was, however, silent on the number of the affected judges, their identities as well as the identities of the panel members.
Nigerian Tribune, however, exclusively revealed that the most senior justice of the Supreme Court and deputy-chairman of the council, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, would chair the panel.
A retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi and retired Supreme Court justice and former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, were also mentioned as members of the panel.
They are both members of the council and Ayoola chaired the Performance and Evaluation committee.
The panel which should have commenced sitting immediately the new legal year commenced is said to be waiting for all the affected judges to send their responses in, before a sitting date is picked.
It was gathered that a couple of the affected judges had responded while others’ responses are expected to be in soon.
A system source disclosed that the content of the query was indicative of sealed fate for the judges, because they were reportedly asked to come and show reasons why they should not be sacked for non-productivity and poor performance.
Nigerian Tribune was told that their responses to the query would form a part of the questions that would be posed to them during the panel proceedings.
Chairman of the council and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, had publicly disclosed that judges with fewer than four judgments would be shown the exit door from the system.
Nigerian Tribune’s source disclosed that many judges fell below the benchmark in the period under review, but were given an opportunity to defend themselves through the panel, due to stiff opposition from some council members who were opposed to summary sack without opportunities for what a source called “fair hearing.”
Nigerian Tribune had exclusively reported their profiling as the worst in performance by the council’s Performance and Evaluation panel in five different geo-political zones.
The worst in each geo-political zone was reportedly picked to serve as starters for a cleansing exercise that a system source said could see tens of judges being exited for low and non-performance.
It was learnt that the querying is the standard practice for judges listed to face probe panel in the judiciary.
The council had in a statement recently disclosed that a five-man panel had been set up for the affected judges to try and defend their imminent ouster from service.
The statement, signed by council’s spokesperson, Soji Oye, was, however, silent on the number of the affected judges, their identities as well as the identities of the panel members.
Nigerian Tribune, however, exclusively revealed that the most senior justice of the Supreme Court and deputy-chairman of the council, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, would chair the panel.
A retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi and retired Supreme Court justice and former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, were also mentioned as members of the panel.
They are both members of the council and Ayoola chaired the Performance and Evaluation committee.
The panel which should have commenced sitting immediately the new legal year commenced is said to be waiting for all the affected judges to send their responses in, before a sitting date is picked.
It was gathered that a couple of the affected judges had responded while others’ responses are expected to be in soon.
A system source disclosed that the content of the query was indicative of sealed fate for the judges, because they were reportedly asked to come and show reasons why they should not be sacked for non-productivity and poor performance.
Nigerian Tribune was told that their responses to the query would form a part of the questions that would be posed to them during the panel proceedings.
Chairman of the council and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, had publicly disclosed that judges with fewer than four judgments would be shown the exit door from the system.
Nigerian Tribune’s source disclosed that many judges fell below the benchmark in the period under review, but were given an opportunity to defend themselves through the panel, due to stiff opposition from some council members who were opposed to summary sack without opportunities for what a source called “fair hearing.”
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