CJN Onnoghen opens up on alleged lopsided appointments
Report had
it that the National Judicial Council, NJC, in its recommendation had excluded
judges from the South East.
Reacting to
the report, Onnoghen, in a statement by the NJC’ s Director of information,
Soji Oye, described a certain list currently in circulation online as “fake
news.”
Despite,
what it termed fake news, the CJN confirmed an ongoing process for the
appointment of new judges for the Appeal Court.
The
statement reads, “The attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn
to a purported list of Judges newly appointed to the Court of Appeal being
circulated in public space and tragically reported as news item by credible
news outlets.
“The Council
wishes to dissociate itself completely from the said list as nothing of such
emanated from it. Members of the public are also advised to discountenance the
said list which is nothing but a figment of the imagination of the author (s).
“In the days
ahead, the council will speak more on the ongoing process for the appointment
of Judges into different Cadre of the Nigerian Judiciary.”
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