NJC Axes Justice Jane Inyang Of Appeal Court, 2 Others For One Year Over Miscarriage of Justice
The National Judicial Council has suspended Justice Jane Inyang of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Aminu Baffa Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Zamfara Division, and Hon. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, for engaging in acts that violated the NJC’s code.
Justice Ekwo, for instance, was accused of delivering rulings without properly hearing the parties involved and ignoring applications to set aside proceedings held in the absence of the concerned parties.
Arising from its 108th meeting held under the
Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the NJC also ordered the reversal of the Imo Acting Chief Judge appointment.
In a statement signed by the NJC’s Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Ogedengbe Babalola, the Council also issued a query to Hon. Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu, the recently sworn-in Acting Chief Judge of Imo State, demanding that he show cause within seven (7) days why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for presenting himself for an unconstitutional swearing-in.
More so, the NJC empanelled 9 Committees to probe 27 Judicial Officers,
dismissed 29 petitions, cautioned a Federal High Court Judge, as well as announced plans to open judicial appointments to public scrutiny.
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