CJN Cautions Judges Against Unlawful Wealth
Ibrahim Muhammad, the Chief Justice Of Nigeria has cautioned judges against “unmerited wealth and ostentatious lifestyle” to avoid seeing themselves in conflict with the law.
He added that by their calling, judicial officers ”must shun vainglory borne out of corrupt acquaintances”. Information Guide Nigeria
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Emmanuel Garko, Bala Usman, Aminu Garba, Musa Liman, Ahmad Mahmud, and Segun-Bello Taiye were inaugurated as FHC judges while Joseph Adebayo Aina was sworn in as a judge of the High Court of the FCT. jamb results
The CJN, who admitted that judges were human beings, admonished them to be wary of questionable characters that could make them run against the law.
In his words: ”As I always say, appointment to the bench is not an appointment to affluence, influence or unholy alliance with people of questionable character that may appear before you in different guises and make you do what is offensive to the law.
“We are all humans, no doubt, but you must display the humanism in you by doing those extraordinary things that people would say you cannot do”.
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“That is what distinguishes those with integrity and passion for success from those with unenviable pedigree and dysfunctional moral compass.”
The CJN noted that Nigeria of today required ”honest, objective, dispassionate and humble judicial officers.”.