The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta and
Justice Adamu Bello both condemned attempts to tarnish the image of the
judiciary, saying the Nigerian judiciary remains the best in the world.
Justice
Auta, who spoke during the valedictory session in honour of Justice
Bello, who retired from the court on December 31 last year, decried the
rate of petitions against judges.
“It has become common place for
lawyers and even litigants to write petitions against judicial officers
when they lose their cases or even mere suspicion that they may lose
their case before the judge,” he said.
On his part, Justice Bello,
who lauded the reforms initiated by the National Judicial Council (NJC)
led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar,
cautioned critics not to undermine the dignity of the judiciary.
“We
may have our ups and downs and even harboured some bad eggs but that
does not give any one the licence to lampoon the whole institution of
the judiciary like is being done in this country,” he said.
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