A judge who was recently recalled from suspension by the National Judicial Council will be charged for receiving gratification worth N90m from 100 law
A judge who was recently recalled from suspension by the National Judicial Council will be charged for receiving gratification worth N90m from 100 lawyers. According to the Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would likely file charges against the judge and the lawyers by Tuesday.
The judge, whose name I being shrouded in secrecy will be the second among the recalled judges, to be charged after the NJC lifted their about-eight-month suspension. The first is Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa who was charged with 14 counts of unlawful enrichment to the tune of $260,000 and N8,650,000.
This is coming shortly after the NJC in a statement on June 1, 2017, lifted the suspension of six out of the eight judges barred from performing their judicial functions since October 2016 pending the determination of the corruption cases against them.
According to the statement, the affected judges asked to resume their judicial functions included, Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court; Justice Uwani Abba Aji of the Court of Appeal; Justice Hydiazira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court; Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court (who was prosecuted but discharged and acquitted), Justice Musa Kurya of the Federal High Court; and Justice Agbadu James Fishim of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria.
