“The selection process violated the NJC laid down rules and procedures and is fraught with judicial insider dealing which risks turning the judiciary into an instrument for advancing narrow personal interests and patronage.” Buhari Judiciary Nigeria
, asking him to reject the list of 33 judges presented to him by the National Judicial Council to be appointed to the bench of the Federal High Court.
CRI in a letter dated May 8, 2020, signed by its convener, Comrade Yakubu Eleto said the petition “is wicked and baseless” and urged the president to approve the nominations as recommended by the NJC. According to the group, which said it is an association of hundreds of lawyers in Nigeria, dedicated to the goal of defending the integrity of the legal profession and administration of justice stated that the recommendation from the NJC to President Buhari is irretrievably flawed and cannot be allowed to stand.
But OBI claims that many of the nominees are children, in-laws, or families of senior or retired judicial officers. Besides, they claimed the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice I.U Bello, screened only 15. CRI however, urged the Odinkalu-led group to immediately tender an unreserved apology to the NJC, Chief Magistrate Olufola Olufolashade Oshin and others in three national dailies.
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