Onnoghen and Tanko
The National Judicial Council on Wednesday constituted a five-man
panel to investigate the allegations levelled against the suspended
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Justice
Tanko Muhammad, according to Punch.
The panel is to be headed by a retired Justice of the Supreme
Court, Justice S.A Akintan, who like other members of the committee, is a
member of the council.
NJC’s Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said in a statement that the council took the decision after accepting “the result of the preliminary assessment of the petitions” written against the duo.
He said the council considered the “petitions to be worthy of
further investigation and should not be terminated under Rule 17 of the
Judicial Discipline Regulations o the Council”.
“Consequently, the council constituted a five-memberNJC
Investigation Committee pursuant to Rule 20(1) of the Judicial
Discipline Regulations under the chairmanship of Hon. Mr. Justice of the
Supreme Court of Nigeria,” the statement said.
It added that a new petition was filed against Justice Muhammad by
the Action People’s Parting, adding that the council gave the acting CJN
“abridged seven days” for his “comments”.
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