NJC constitutes panels to probe 27 judges

Justice Olagunju was said to have used uncouth language in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, challenging the Council’s decision and its Policy Direction on the appointment of the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in Oyo State.

The statement read in parts; “Council at the meeting considered the report of its Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committee on 22 petitions written against 27 judicial officers of the Federal and State High Courts and decided to empanel four committees to investigate allegations in the petitions that were found meritorious”

”However, 18 petitions were discountenanced for lacking in merit, abandoned or being subjudice.

”The discountenanced petitions are against the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Justice Williams Dawodu, Justice B. Georgewill, Justice Yargata Timpar, Justice S. Samchi, Justice Aisha Aliyu, Justice A. Aderibigbe, Justice M. Shuaibu, Justice H. Abiru and Justice Abdulazeez Waziri all of the Court of Appeal.

”Others are the Chief Judge, Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, Justice Z. Abubakar, Justice James Omotosho, Justice Sunday Onu all of the Federal High Court and Justice Okon Abang when he was serving at the Federal High Court.