Lawyers react, as Oyetola doles out vehicles to judges
“It’s been long since we started clamoring for welfare package for our judges. Giving them vehicles is a welcome development but it is not accepted in the context of autonomy, in the sense that judges are expected to be independent. The governor or government may have matters before the judges and in a situation whereby you’re giving them a gift; how independent are they expected to be.
He explained further that the law has stated that the judiciary is entitled to autonomy in terms of finance. According to him, it is misappropriation of funds if the money is from the executive, stressing that the money for the vehicles was supposed to have come from the judiciary budget and spent by them.
According to the Head of Olujunmi and Akeredolu Chambers, Ibrahim Lawal, there is no extra meaning to the vehicles given to the judges, as the capital funding of the judiciary will still in one way or the other be done by the executive even with financial autonomy. He opined that the vehicles that were given to the judges have been planned in the budget. “Executive, legislative and judiciary are all government officials. I don’t think it affects the autonomy of the judiciary.”
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