Prof. Cyprian Edward-Ekpo, the Director-General, Institute of Law Research and Development of United Nations (ILAWDUN), Washington DC, USA has called on President Bola Tinubu to investigate the alleged corruption in Nigerian judiciary.

Edward-Ekpo, who gave the advice in a statement in Abuja on Friday, underscored the need for a new approach to stemming the system of corruption and intellectual poverty among judicial officers and court administrative staffers.

According to the don, judges are the voices of sentencing, but their freedom of choice is limited by the rule of law, good conscience, principles of integrity and morality.

“Quite appalling, today’s role of the Nigerian judiciary comprising the Judex and the Bar, has been different. It has progressed to an international public ridicule and odium, and quite perilous.

“The law in Nigeria has lost a constructional role as a guidance and protector of a stable and democratic system – promoting a systemic mass toward desecration of temple of justice and state’s destruction.

“Beyond debates, this judo-moral crisis demands a critical-mass response, a new approach to stemming the cancerous system of corruption and intellectual poverty among judicial officers and court administrative staffers,’’ he said.

He also called on National Judicial Council to set up a committee of amicus and retired judges known for integrity and intellectual excellence, to review controversial judgments handed by several courts and tribunals.

According to him, the committee can receive reports/petitions of glaring disproportionate judgments, review them and invite the judges for questioning, especially where the basis of their judgment is found wanting.

"By the type of judgments being chunked out and reports that earlier fly around the social media, which even common sense may boldly say that they are against the weight of evidence and law, some people have asked if the President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Monica Bolna’an Donghan-Mensem may have practically constituted and piloted the Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Tribunal and the Court of Appeal panel as her own babies. It is public knowledge that Hon. Justice B. M. Basil, the daughter of President of Court of Appeal was in Akwa Ibom State Election Petition panel. While I see nothing wrong with that, on the court of public opinion, it raises a question of coincidence and integrity of such shocking judgments. Why? The tribunal could not have jettisoned the credible and uncontroverted evidence from INTERPOL and refused to attend to the question whether or not there was substantial regularity of the fraudulently procured order purportedly made on January 11, 2023, as pleaded by the APC, without cogent and judicious reasons. There is only one possible explanation in the mind of a reasonable and logical man. Such a question of coincidence and integrity of judgment is what the judiciary must try to avoid always. To maintain judicial integrity, justice must not always be done only, it must be seen to have been done by both the learned and laymen."

“Two factors stand as causal elements to the problem of Nigerian judiciary. They include Intellectual poverty of some judges and Corruption.

“The process of which appointment of judges are made should be reviewed forthwith, due consideration to creating a mechanism for only the best brains and tested characters to be appointed into the Bench,’’ Edward-Ekpo noted.

He also appealed to Tinubu to consult with the National Assembly and present an Executive Bill to tackle judicial corruption and enhance integrity and independence of the judiciary within the framework of constitution.

Source: https://naijagg.com/prof-cyprian-edward-ekpo-urges-president-tinubu-to-curtail-corruption-in-judiciary/

The corruption in judiciary favours Tinubu and his boys so I see no reason why u shud advise him to curtail it. How can and how will he curtail something that makes him who he is?

Tinubu corrupted the judiciary.He uses money to buy victory.

Hahaha 🤣 …this is probably a joke from baba suwe movies aimed at ridiculing useless mandate thief for totally polluting the judiciary

Another jokes for this new year

The said Prof. could not understand that even Bola Ahmed Tunibu is corruption himself, a criminal identity, an embodiment of evil, a fraudster, a drug pusher and moreso a certificate forger. The same corrupt judiciary brought him to power

How do you expect a demon to cast out demons

It's not possible

Telling a beneficiary what to do? Lol


We play too much here

mmm

Ok

Thank you Prof. Hope he listens

Advising Satan to hate Lucifer is nothing but a careless joke.

Tells Tinubu what to do?

Noted.

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aariwa:
Hahaha 🤣 …this is probably a joke from baba suwe movies aimed at ridiculing useless mandate thief for totally polluting the judiciary

I dey tell you.

A very very big joke.

Na Tinubu be the corruption naa

"He also called on National Judicial Council to set up a committee of amicus and retired judges known for integrity and intellectual excellence, to review controversial judgments handed by several courts and tribunals."


Won't that undermine the supreme court? One thing though, their independence should be guaranteed by allocating certain if not all the powers of the executive to the NJC.

His ideas make a lot of sense if only there's enough political will to adopt and implement them.









Good day everyone, it is another day to remind you of God's mercies and how much he desires you to turn from doing as you please to doing good.

Is this a joke or what?

The criminals in the supreme court and other courts will be laughing their head out.
You are telling tinubu, one of the chief harbingers of the criminality and dirtiness in the judiciary to do this.

The monster and mess tinubu's desperation has created in the judiciary , executive, legislature and the nation at large will only take God's intervention to be cured.

It will take a rascal operation to curb it

Several idiots and nincompoops

Once the judgement doesn't favor them, then it's corruption. Ogun kee una Mama

When your useless brother Justice Walter Onnoghen was caught with Bugatti and Ferrari, you all said he bought them with his hard earned money. When Justice Mary-Odilli who is married to a former PDP governor was ruling over PDP Versus APC cases, you never saw that as corruption. E no go better for all of una.

Okay

I'm done with NL for the day for reading this nonsense. The corruption in the judiciary will continue to favor the super rich. Why would the want to change anything. I have only one belief: if you have a chance against anybody who pervert justice against you, k3ll him or her. It works. I love my hometown for that.

Reporting a thief to a thief. Tani esisi ogbe, bio se elegbo. For the benefit of non-yorubas. "Who will housefly protect, if not a man with wounds". You went to report to the wrong man. Those that believe in state capture, would not mind of the system is corrupted.

....this sensible postulations will be attacked by those who stood by crying ebi n pa wa as the corrupt thief Was driving by with convoys of bullion vans from the lagoon..

Sundaland:
Nigeria’s external reserves gain 0.39% following $2.25bn Afreximbank loan

Naira-Dollar exchange likely to stabilize soon. SELL your dollar now!!

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Then after it finishes, what happens? Dollar can never depreciate until we do the needful.

Tinubu is the greatest beneficiary of judicial corruption so don't expect him to fight any corruption in the judiciary.

SyrusdeHansome:
The corruption in judiciary favours Tinubu and his boys so I see no reason why u shud advise him to curtail it. How can and how will he curtail something that makes him who he is?

Just be fooling urself about .

So it was the judge that made atiku not to have good number of vote in the south and east ?

And Lp not to have good number of vote in the north ?

Make una dey use una bra in. now .

Tinubu Will Do Nothing, Because He is The Biggest Beneficiary of Judiciary Corruption