Afrigather Based on Nationaldailyng, Spouse of the embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, Barrister Amina Oyiza Bello has been disqualified from changing into a Choose within the State.READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>>>
This growth comes after a petition was filed, citing her connection to her husband and former governor within the ongoing investigation into his monetary dealings.
The Nationwide Judicial Council (NJC) has been recommended for ignoring Bello’s affect and taking a stand towards nepotism and corruption within the judiciary.
It will be recalled that seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria had sued the NJC and the Kogi State authorities for shortlisting Amina for appointment into the state’s judiciary.
Within the Originating Summons with Go well with No: FCT/ABJ/CS/05/2024, the Plaintiffs are Chief Yunus Ustaz Usman and J.S. Okutepa. Others specifically Patrick Okolo, Abdullahi Haruna, Reuben Atabo, Shaibu Aruwa and Johnson Usman argued that the choice course of violated rules and constitutional ideas of equity, fairness, and advantage.
On October 26, 2023, about 17 SANs from Kogi State had known as for the suspension of the appointment of recent Judges into the state judiciary till sure standards have been met.
The legal professionals made the demand in a letter to the Chief Choose and Chairman of Kogi State Judicial Service Fee, Justice Josiah Majebi, which was dated October 20, 2023.
Titled “RE: Provisional Brief-list Of Candidates Of Ten Judicial Officers Of The Excessive Courtroom Of Justice Shariah Courtroom Of Enchantment And Customary Courtroom Of Enchantment,” the indigenous Kogi SANs acknowledged that the appointment of Judges to superior courts of document is regulated and requires provision of primary amenities resembling availability of courtrooms/Judges chambers, official vehicles, residential lodging in addition to geared up library in Judges’ chambers, citing Guidelines 1-5 of Nationwide Judicial Council Revised Pointers.
Within the 12-point subject raised within the letter signed by Yunus Ustaz Usman, Life Bencher for himself and on behalf of 16 different SANs, the authorized practitioners additionally identified that the proposed candidates listed for appointments of judges didn’t mirror a geographical unfold. They described the record as lopsided and to the drawback of different elements of the state.
Based on the letter, the candidates listed for the Customary Courtroom of Enchantment are all from Kogi Central. They famous that there was no candidate from Kogi East or Kogi West, including that there have been certified individuals from Kogi East and Kogi West who weren’t chosen.
Nevertheless, on Thursday, the previous Chairman of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), Prof Chidi Odinkalu, took to his X (previously Twitter) account to say the NJC appeared to have lastly dropped Amina Yahaya Bello, spouse of fugitive Yahaya Bello from the record of nominees to be appointed as judges of the Excessive Courtroom of Kogi State. He described it as a “defeat for the forces of #genitalization of the judiciary in #Nigeria.”
Based on the publish, the NJC accepted 4 names for the appointment, specifically: “Joseph Sunday Ajesola, Ojoma Rachael Ojoma, Bahamas Kadiri; and Ezema Beatrice Ada.”READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>>>
