President Muhammadu Buhari is currently conducting an Overhaul checks on Federal High Court and Court of Appeal judges nominated and forwarded to him by the National Judicial Council last year
President might have approved the compulsory retirement of Justices Adeniyi Ademola and Segun Tokode, both of the Federal High Court as recommended by the council.
according to the report from the Presidency the two steps were in line with the present administration’s anti-corruption stance. He said although the President believed that the NJC would have done due diligence before putting forward the judges for approval, there was the need for him to do some checks to ensure that no mistake was made in their nomination.
It was further learnt that the nation’s security agencies such as the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission were involved in the checks.
The source added that the development did not, in any way, mean that the President had refused to approve the judges’ appointments.
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