The Nigeria judiciary has hit back at critics who recently made disparaging comments on the Supreme Court judgment especially on the governorship elections’ appeal from some states.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed, kick-started the bashing of the critics of the judicial officers. He referred to those who accused the judicial officers of corruption as being inconsiderate and ignorant of how the judiciary operates.
Justice Mohammed, who is retiring from the judiciary after 38 years of service at a special valedictory session held in his honour said that such criticisms are made without due considerations of the law and the system of government in the country.
He said that the judiciary is duty bound to act and would continue to act in accordance with the dictates of the law as it stands and not as its critics would want it to be.
Also, , the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN) condemned in strong terms, the criticism of the Nigerian judiciary.
The NBA President described the act as “a deliberate attempt to disparage the judiciary.” [myad]
