The Country is currently in awe watching a video that has gone
viral, where Personnel of the Civil Defence Corps prevented a Judge
from accessing My Lord’s Court Room for the purpose of delivering a
Judgment.
How did we get here ?
The conspiracy of silence of Lawyers and Judicial Regulatory
Bodies has enboldened the trauducers so much .
Earlier in the year, Governor Bello of Kogi State walked out the
Chief Judge of Kogi State in a Public Function!The Code of Conduct
Tribunal through a controversial Exparte Motion removed the Chief
Justice of Nigeria , Justice Walter S C Onnogen. The current Chief
Justice presented himself to the President to be sworn against the
Guidelines of the N.J.C. and the N.J.C . turned a blind eye, even
while sacking the former Chief Judge of Abia on similar facts and
circumstances.
The Kebbi State Government removed the Chief Judge of the State,
with out recourse to the National Judicial Council as provided for,
by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 (As
Amended).
The National Judicial Council itself,is one of the problems of
the Judiciary.
A Body that applies its Guidelines and the Law Selectively to
favour vested interests at the heighest echelon of Judicial
Administration,can be said to be complicit in the siege on the
Judiciary.
We require amendments to our Laws.
The Judiciary should be insulated from any kind of encounter from
the Executive and the Legislature.
The Law should provide for the Judiciary to maintain its Security
apparatus to preclude the shame and sham we encountered in Kebbi
State recently.
The Law should also be amended to provide that the Chief Justice of
Nigeria should not be Chairman of the National Judicial
Council.Ditto for the State.A retired Supreme Court or Court of
Appeal Justice should be the Chairman
We must extricate our Judiciary from the clutches of morbid
politics. We must also insulate Judicial Appointments from
Political Interference. It is now or never!
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