Judicial Council Recommends Two Judges For Sack, Warns 3 Others




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Judicial Council Recommends Two Judges For Sack, Warns 3 Others




The National Judicial Council, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, has recommended the compulsory retirement of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court and Justice U. A. Inyang Of High Court of Justice, Abuja, for gross misconduct.


A statement signed by the acting Director of Information of the Council, Soji Oye, says Justice Gladys Olotu was recommended for compulsory retirement from office to President Goodluck Jonathan on the ground that she, among other offences, failed to deliver judgment in a suit, 18 months after the final address by all the counsel in the suit, contrary to the constitutional provision that judgment should be delivered within a period of 90 days.


Justice U. A. Inyang of High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was also recommended for compulsory retirement from office for including in his judgment, references to the garnishee proceedings, which came after the judgment had been delivered on 20thDecember, 2011.


Justice Inyang is said to have recklessly signed a writ of execution, a day after delivering his judgment of 20th December, 2011, the same day a notice of appeal and motion on notice for stay of execution were filed.


The council also issued warning letters to Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division, Justice Dalhatu Adamu, Justice A. A. Adeleye of High Court of Justice, Ekiti State and Justice D. O. Amaechina of High Court of Justice, Anambra State.


Justice Dalhatu Adamu was warned by the council for deliberately absenting himself from duty while Justice Adeleye and Justice Amaechina were warned for very low performance.


 





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