Walter Onnoghen, the Chief
Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has dismissed reports of bias in the recommendation of
14 Appeal Court judges for approval.
Report had it that the National
Judicial Council, NJC, in its recommendation had excluded judges from the South
East.
Reacting to the report, Onnoghen,
in a statement by the NJC’ s Director of information, Soji Oye, described a
certain list currently in circulation online as “fake news.”
Despite, what it termed fake
news, the CJN confirmed an ongoing process for the appointment of new judges
for the Appeal Court.
The statement reads, “The
attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn to a purported list
of Judges newly appointed to the Court of Appeal being circulated in public
space and tragically reported as news item by credible news outlets.
“The Council wishes to dissociate
itself completely from the said list as nothing of such emanated from it.
Members of the public are also advised to discountenance the said list which is
nothing but a figment of the imagination of the author (s).
“In the days ahead, the council
will speak more on the ongoing process for the appointment of Judges into
different Cadre of the Nigerian Judiciary.”
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