Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says he
and his colleagues at the supreme court were embarrassed when a memo detailing
their poor welfare leaked.
In the memo issued in June, 14 justices of the apex court
accused Ibrahim Muhammad, immediate past CJN, of abandoning his
responsibilities as the leader of the court.
Some of the issues raised by the justices include
accommodation, vehicles, electricity tariff, supply of diesel, internet
services to justices’ residences, training for justices and electricity supply
to the court.
Muhammad resigned not long after the memo became public
knowledge.
Appearing before the senate on Wednesday for a screening
exercise, Ariwoola told the senators that it was a “miracle” to them when they
saw their memo in the media.
“Justices of the supreme court didn’t write a petition to or
against Justice Mohammed Tanko as CJN few months back… [it was a] memo where
issues relating to welfare of each of the hustices and unconducive working
environment of justices at the supreme court generally were raised,” he said.
“We the justices were embarrassed when we read the content
of our memo in the papers. It was never intended to be for public consumption
since the motive behind the memo was not to fight or bring down anybody
“When the handwritten
memo was signed by all the justices, we didn’t allow anybody to see it, making
its leakage to the media to be like a miracle to us.”
Ariwoola said the judiciary should be properly funded for it
to carry out its responsibilities.
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