Zamfara Gov Poll: Shinkafi accuses Acting CJN, NJC of shielding ‘corrupt judge’ vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Shinkafi decried that the legal body, under the leadership of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, failed to act on a petition that was lodged against a Zamfara State High Court Judge he said misconducted himself and assumed jurisdiction over a political case marked ZMS/GS/52/2018, which pertained to the March 9 governorship election.
According to the APGA candidate, though his petition was received by the office of the Acting CJN on February 26, he said the NJC abandoned its investigation midway and referred the case back to the Chief Judge of Zamfara State for settlement.He said the decision for the matter to be returned to Zamfara State was taken by the Acting CJN and communicated to him via a letter that was signed by Secretary of the NJC, Mr. Gambo Saleh.
Dissatisfied with the action of the NJC, Shinkafi, in a fresh petition to the Acting CJN, said he was dismayed that such attempt was made to sweep issues he raised before the legal body, under the carpet. In the letter he addressed to the Acting CJN, Shinkafi said: “With utmost respect to Your Lordship, my complaint against Justice Bello Shinkafi was not on administrative grounds that the Chief Judge may have the leverage of interfering, the complaint was against a Judicial Officer who did not only misuse his power as a judge but drastically summersaulted and made fun of the whole judicial process and adjudicative procedures.
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