The National
Judicial Council (NJC) on Friday recommended the immediate compulsory
retirement of two judges -Aliyu Musa and Chukwuma Francis Abosi for acts of
misconduct.
Liman is of the
Bauchi State High Court while Abosi is the Acting President of the Customary
Court of Appeal, Imo State.
This was contained
in a statement by NJC’s Spokesperson, Soji Oye.
As against the three
months provided by the constitution, Liman was said to have withheld judgment
in a case, marked: BA/100/210 between Abubakar Isa and Sheik Tahir Usman
Bauchi, for almost four years.
Abosi, on his part,
was alleged to have altered his date of birth from 1950 to 1958 to beat his
actual retirement year of 2015.
Oye said, in the
statement that the council took the decision after considering the report of
its Interview Committee, during a virtual meeting held by members between April
22 and 23 this year.
The NJC also
recommended the appointment of 70 new judges for both Federal and state courts.
The categories of
those to be appointed, according to the statement, are the President of Court
of Appeal, Grand Kadis, President, Customary Court of Appeal and Judges of High
Court of States and the Federal Capital Territory and Kadis of States Sharia Courts
of Appeal.
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