The National Judicial Council (NJC), has recommended the retirement of two judges with immediate effect.
The judges are the Acting President, Imo State Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Francis Abosi and Justice Aliyu Liman of the Bauchi State High Court.
A statement by the NJC Director of Information, Soji Oye, which disclosed this on Friday, said the council headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Tanko Muhammad, took the decision during its 91st Intensive Meeting held online on April 22 and April 23.
Oye explained that Justice Abosi was recommended for compulsory retirement following the falsification of his date of birth from 1950 to 1958.
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The council said findings showed that he was due to have retired in November, 2015 when he attained the mandatory retirement age of Sixty-five (65) years.
In recommending his immediate retirement to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, the Council further recommended the deduction of salaries he had earned from November, 2015 to date from his retirement benefits.
For Justice Liman, his recommended retirement to the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed was predicted on “his failure to deliver judgment in suit No BA/100/2010, between Abubakar Isa and Sheik Tahir Bauchi within the three months period stipulated by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The statement added: “The Council viewed his failure to deliver judgment for nearly four years as a misconduct, contrary to Section 292 (1) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended and Rules 1.3 and 3.7 of the 2016 Revised Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The Council, in the exercise of its disciplinary powers under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, suspended the two judges from office pending the approval of the recommendation of the Council for their compulsory retirement to the their respective State Governors.”
