[OPINION] Supreme Court also sits as a High Court!
It is pertinent to note that the aforementioned Justices of the Court of Appeal carried out the extrajudicial duties assigned to them by state governors pursuant to the fiats received from the President of the Court of Appeal. It is on record that at the end of such enquiries, the Justices resumed duties in their courts. It is trite law that such judicial commissions of inquiry are inferior tribunals.
A few years ago, retired Justice Emmanuel Ayoola was a Justice of the Court of Appeal and Chief Justice of The Gambia. He returned to the Court of Appeal in Nigeria before his elevation to the Supreme Court. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour served in the Supreme Court of The Gambia from 2008-2010 before his elevation to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Justice Akomaye Agim was the Chief Justice of The Gambia and Swaziland.
Last year, I had cause to address the members of the bar and bench in that country. Three of the Judges who attended the programme were High Court judges in Nigeria. The judges who are still serving in that country on secondment up till now are Babatunde Bakre J., Usman Masale J. and Patience Onagite-Kuejubola J. Another Nigerian Judge, the Honourable Justice Nkemdim Ameha Izuako, has been sitting in the United Nations Disputes Tribunal since 2009.
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