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NEWS and REPORTS => Nigerian News => Topic started by: Shola Sholaz on Jul 16, 2013, 12:52 PM

Title: Tension As NJC Meets Over 69 Judges
Post by: Shola Sholaz on Jul 16, 2013, 12:52 PM
There seems to be no escape route for corrupt judicial workers in the country, as National Judicial Council, NJC, meets today to consider no fewer than 69 petitions filed by aggrieved Nigerians against judges across the country.
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Interestingly, the meeting of NJC is coinciding with the first anniversary of the inauguration of the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar, who was sworn into office on July 16, 2012.
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Although the CJN is not organising any event to mark her one year in office, Vanguard learnt that the meeting of NJC, which she is to preside over, might have been slated to enable her take stock of her performance.
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The meeting, which will last for two days, will review the cases of no fewer than 69 judges, who had earlier been queried by the council for various infractions.
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It was learnt that notable among the corrupt cases are those of a very senior judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja.