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Specifically, Justice Muhammad canvassed stiffer penalties for corrupt people, saying laws were not adequate.

“Left to me, they should face some music. Therefore, I am urging members of the parliament, both here and at the state level, if need be, to take a holistic look at our criminal laws and let us amend them. It is the responsibility of the legislature to sanitise the society,” he said. When the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, asked the CJN to explain why there appeared to be serious conflicts in the pronouncements of the Supreme Court on the issue of technicalities, particularly as they affect some judgements, Justice Muhammad said: “We have technicalities in our laws, and this is because these laws were inherited from the British who had for some time ago introduced what is known as technicalities in their laws.

Justice Muhammad stressed the need to facilitate the smooth operations of the judiciary by the executive arm of government by providing necessary facilities and structures. The CJN disclosed that lack of financial autonomy is crippling the operations of the judiciary. Muhammad’s name was sent to the Senate last week Thursday for confirmation as the substantive CJN by President Muhammadu Buhari.“I have the honour to forward the nomination of Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad for confirmation as Chief Justice of Nigeria,” Buhari said in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

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