{"id":161080,"date":"2025-05-01T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/njc-complicit-in-judicial-corruption-in-nigeria-odinkalu"},"modified":"2025-05-01T08:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:27:26","slug":"njc-complicit-in-judicial-corruption-in-nigeria-odinkalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/njc-complicit-in-judicial-corruption-in-nigeria-odinkalu","title":{"rendered":"NJC complicit in judicial corruption in Nigeria \u2013 Odinkalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has accused the National Judicial Council, NJC, of being \u201cdeeply complicit in judicial corruption\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, NJC is handing out irresponsible slaps on the wrist of corrupt judges with utter disregard for their effect on judicial integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Odinkalu claimed that the NJC as currently constituted is part of the problem not part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the NJC slammed one year suspension without pay on three Judges of the High Court in the country for various acts of judicial misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reported that the affected judges include Hon. Justice Jane Inyang of the Court of Appeal, Uyo Division, Hon. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division and Hon. Justice Aminu Baffa Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Zamfara Division.<\/p>\n<p>However, Odinkalu, in a post on his X handle on Thursday, expressed displeasure about the sanctions meted out by NJC against the affected judges.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically stated that what the NJC has done in those cases is just not good enough, arguing that its dispositions are evidence of the deep malaise that currently afflicts the country\u2019s judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>Odinkalu\u2019s words: \u201cJane Inyang became Justice of @CourtOfAppealNG in Sept 2023, less than 2 yrs ago. Yesterday, @njcNig suspended her for just 1 yr for egregious acts of judicial corruption while she sat in @FederalHigh. How can she still be a judge?!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was part of the last minute elevations masterminded by the baleful Olukakayode Ariwoola was he made his way out of office as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, #CJN, in Aug 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only miracle in the case of Inyang Ekwo is how he has remained on the bench until now. He\u2019s bn one of the more predictable judges in @FederalHigh. For the past year, he has bn under caution by @njcNig. Now, he has bn suspended for delivering judgment without hearing parties!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany will see these dispositions by @njcNig as progress; May be. But, these dispositions are evidence of the deep malaise that currently afflicts the #NigerianJudiciary. 1st, if a person is as crooked as Jane Inyang or as Inyang Ekwo, how can that person be a judge to begin with?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2nd, if a judge can behave with such manifest impunity &amp; disregard for the basic rules of judicial comportment as these 2 &amp; still remain a judge \u2013 that\u2019s what suspension for 1 year means \u2013 what wld it take for a judge to be relieved of their position? May be commit murder&#8230;.?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c3rd, how did Jane Inyang manage to make it to @CourtOfAppealNG while the complaint about her conduct was still pending? @njcNig says it has suspended her from elevation for 5 yrs. U know what that means? She can still get to @SupremeCourtNg. U see the mess we are in?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn plain language, the @njcNig is now deeply complicit in judicial corruption. It is handing out these irresponsible slaps on the wrist with utter disregard for their effect on judicial integrity or the damage that these entrench in the judiciary. This rot is deeply criminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conclusion is inescapable that @njcNig as currently constituted is part of the problem not part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>What it has done in these cases is just not good enough. If it is not willing to root out judicial crookedness, then it should be rooted out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has accused the National Judicial Council, NJC, of being \u201cdeeply complicit in judicial corruption\u201d in the country. According to him, NJC is handing out irresponsible slaps on the wrist of corrupt judges with utter disregard for their effect on judicial integrity. 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