Nigeria's elites influence appointment of judges, damaging Judiciary - Osinbajo

'If we leave it to the system that is going on at the moment; we are clearly headed in the wrong direction because interest...'

, has criticised the habit of Nigerian elites influencing the appointment of judges.

The vice president, a professor of law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said this on Saturday at a webinar themed “Selection and appointment of judges: Lessons for Nigeria”.Many Nigerian judges have been accused of corruption and miscarriage of justice due to alleged pressure from authorities and vested interests.Speaking on Saturday, Mr Osinbajo was quoted as saying: “We have elites and when I speak of elites, I speak of the Nigerian elites both political, religious, commercial/business etc.

Mr Osinbajo criticised this act saying it is “the problem that we have” because elites want everything to work in their favour.

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