CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over PDP Conflicting Court Order Rackets

Posted by Niyi Adeyi African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six Chief Judges have been summoned to explain the conflicting orders emanating from the courts under their jurisdiction.

Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, the media aide to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), confirmed that Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad issued the summons in his capacity as the National Judicial Commission (NJC) chairman.

African Examiner gathered those Invited are Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo states.

The affected Chief Judges are to first appear before the CJN, and also the NJC to explain what informed the issuance of conflicting orders by courts under their watch.

The CJN, it was learnt, frowned at the embarrassment caused by the Judiciary and the actions of the judges behind the conflicting ex-parte orders in relation to cases on disputes in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as well as some other political parties.