The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has demanded the records of proceedings in the suits that led to the recent wave of conflicting court orders in the country.
There are indications that the Delta State Chief judge may join the six other previously summoned six Chief Judges to face probe over the matter.
It was reliably gathered on Sunday that the Chief Judges of the state High Courts involved in the matter that has been described as an embarrassment to the Nigerian judiciary are expected to appear with the court records for a probe on Monday.
The CJN had earlier summoned the Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo States regarding the conflicting ex parte orders issued by their courts all in political cases.
“The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council (CJN), Hon. Dr. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has demanded the records of proceedings in all the suits from which conflicting ex parte orders emanated,” a judiciary source who is privy to the developments, revealed.
“The Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross Rivers, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo States are to be quizzed on the controversial conflicting orders delivered in their various States on Monday, 6 September 2021.”
Delta Chief Judge also summoned
Sources also informed our reporter that the Delta State Chief Judge might have been summoned to face prove along with his six other counterparts on Monday.
While the CJN’s summons to the other six judges was still pending, the Delta State High Court on, September 1, suspended Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State as the caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judge, Onome Umukoro, also issued an interim order stopping the scheduled APC Local Government Congress in Delta State slated for September 4, 2021.
He then adjourned till September 7 for further hearing.
“There are indications that the Chief Judge, Delta State High Court, has also been invited to join the other six Chief Judges to meet with the Chief Justice of Nigeria on Monday,” a judiciary source said.
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