In his motion, he stated that the apex court’s current number of justices had dropped to an all-time low of 11.
“It is quite unfortunate that the NBA is only good at issuing statements of condemnation without more, while the judiciary continues to suffer…”
Sources said the National Judicial Council is responsible for misleading the president into believing that changes had been made to the list that was rejected last year.
The Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Luke Onofiok (PDP-Akwa Ibom), has decried the recent siege on Justice Mary Odili’s residence by security agents.
Emmanuel Iyanna consequently revoked the search warrant he approved against the top jurist’s residence due to misrepresentation in the application filed by the justice ministry.
At least 50 operatives were said to have arrived at the senior jurist’s Abuja residence on Friday evening with immediate efforts to break in.
Abuja appeal court convicted and sentenced Mr. Dariye for diverting public funds estimated at N1.162 billion.
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