Amid the controversies preceding resignation of Tanko Muhammad as CJN, the CDD said, “The process of appointing judges at all levels, including the CJN, should be reviewed,” calling for “competence and integrity.”
Shortly after the justices’ complaints became public, Mr Muhammad resigned, paving the way for the next most senior justice of the apex court, Olukayode Ariwoola, to be sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari, on June 27. It also called for an improved condition of service for judicial officers, while advocating proper guarantee of tenures of office “to insulate them from political and societal pressures and corrupting influences.”Following the controversies that trailed Mr Muhammad’s exit from office, the CDD said “there have been allegations, rumours of bribery and undue interference of his family in the work of the Supreme Court.
Recalling the controversial removal of a former CJN, Walter Onnoghen, in 2019, the centre said, “The not so hidden hands of the Presidency have also been often seen in the appointment and removal of judicial officers.”It added that state judiciaries are grappling with the issue of interference from the governors.
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