The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed, has referred to those calling the judicial officers corrupt as being inconsiderate and ignorant of how the judiciary operates.
Justice Mohammed, who is retiring from the judiciary after 38 years of service, made the observation on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at a special valedictory session held in his honour.
According to the CJN, such criticisms are made without due considerations of the law and the system of government in the country.
He said that the judiciary is duty bound to act and would continue to act in accordance with the dictates of the law as it stands and not as its critics would want it to be.
Lending his voice, to the position of the CJN, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh, SAN, also condemned in strong terms, the criticism of the Nigerian judiciary.
The NBA President described the act as “a deliberate attempt to disparage the judiciary.” (Channelstv, News Express)
Chief Justice Mahmoud Mohammed, Sir, did you say ‘due consideration of the law and the system of government’?
Ok, now sir, which is which here? Simply put, CARD READER or RETURN VOTES,cum VOTERS REGISTRATION LIST? Justice Mohammed, let us get this straight, you and your Supreme Court goofed on the Rivers Governorship verdict you gave UNANIMOUSLY!
Am really holding back from unleashing a whole load of curses on all of you at the so called Supreme Court.You stand there defending a verdict that will forever smear your good name from here to beyond. How could you choose to hide behind the technicalities of CARD READER to arrive at such mind boggling preposterous judgement of our time! Shame on all of you as you are leaving office whenever you so do. I WON’T MISS YOU! Registered votes for example was 500…abracadabra, at count time RETURN VOTES read 650, Mahmoud and you DECLARED A WINNER!! Just go away and don’t come back.
Once again, in the case of Buhari vs Yar Adua, WIKILEAKS said the SUPREME COURT you headed was paid 57 million dollars to TRUNCATE, how about that,MAHMOUD??