President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the sack of two judges suspended last week for gross misconduct by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
The Judges are Justice Gladys Olotu of the Abuja Federal High Court and Justice U.A Inyang of the federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, confirmed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday shortly after meeting the President.
The acting Director of Information in the NJC, Soji Oye, had last week in a statement announced that the NJC under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma- Mukhtar, took the decision.
Following their suspension, the NJC forwarded its recommendation to President Jonathan for approval of their dismissal from service.
Oye’s statement reads in part, “The National Judicial Council, under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, at its meeting which was held on February 26, 2014, recommended the compulsory retirement from office of Justice G.K. Olotu of the Federal High Court and Justice U. A. Inyang of High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, respectively for gross misconduct.
“In the meantime, the National Judicial Council has in the exercise of its disciplinary powers under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, suspended the two judges from office with immediate effect”.
Prompt News recalls that the NJC also issued warning letters to three judges. They are: Justice Dalhatu Adamu, the Presiding Justice of Court of Appeal Kaduna Division, Justice A. A. Adeleye of High Court of Justice, Ekiti State and Justice D. O. Amaechina of High Court of Justice, Anambra State.
