Update on Judge's arrest- NJC disagrees with NBA

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has described the call by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for judges currently under investigation over allegations of corruption, to step down as “unacceptable”until their innocence is fully and completely established. 

In a statement Friday night, the NJC, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said it would neither suspend nor ask any of the accused Judges to proceed on compulsory leave as recommended by the NBA, insisting that such action would contrary to the provisions of Section 158 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended......continue reading

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