National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C. Aguma of High Court of Rivers State from performing judicial functions for a period of one year.
According to NJC, the suspension will go on without pay, adding that the judge has been placed on “Watch-List” for two years.
Similarly, the NJC under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, also suspended Justice A. O. Nwabunike of Anambra State High Court, with same punishment accorded to Justice Aguma.
The decision was reached at the NJC’s 107th Meeting of November 13 & 14, 2024.
Omable African News also learnt that two Heads of Court, Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka Chikeka of Imo State and Kadi Babagana Mahdi of Yobe State, were recommended for compulsory retirement over falsification of their ages.
The Council discovered that Justice Chikeka had two different birth dates, while Mahdi had three different birth dates, with his actual birth year being 1952, not 1959. As a result, they should have retired 12 years ago.