An Ibadan-based lawyer, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), has raised concerns over alleged plans to force the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, into retirement, just after President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill increasing high court judges’ retirement age to 70.
An Ibadan-based lawyer, Yomi Alliyu , has raised concerns over alleged plans to force the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, into retirement, just after President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill increasing high court judges retirement age to 70.
She was said to be preparing for her exit, before the President last week signed into law, a bill that harmonised the retirement age of high court judges and their counterparts on the appeal and Supreme courts’ benches. The SAN said, “Osun State Head of service requested for the letter of retirement of the Chief Judge of Osun State from the Secretary to the Osun State Judicial Service Commission notwithstanding the current amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 commanding him to bring it to his office.
“They didn’t know that I was the Jagunmolu of Edeland. Now they didn’t also know that the constitution has been amended, extending terms of judges of superior courts to 70 years. Constitutional war is brewing in Osun State! Some judges are bound to meet early retirement if they bow to temptation from the executive to act in a position that has constitutional flavour!”
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