CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over Conflicting Court Orders

Justice Mohammad who is also the chairman, National Judicial Council , issued the summons to the Chief Judges in Abuja on Monday.

According to the summons, the affected Chief Judges are to appear before him as a prelude to appearing before the NJC, to explain what warranted issuance of conflicting orders by courts of coordinate jurisdiction.The Chief Judges expected to appear before the NJC are those of Rivers,Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo States.

It was gathered that the CJN complained bitterly on the huge embarrassment caused the Nigeria’s judiciary by the actions of those who issued the conflicting orders upon ex-parte applications by some politicians. The summon reads in part, “My attention has been drawn to media reports to the effect that some courts of coordinate jurisdiction were granting conflicting Exparte Orders on the same subject matter.

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