A leading advocate for justice and transparency in Nigeria, Citizens Gavel, has called for the quick intervention of the National Judicial Council (NJC) in the nomination conducted by the Ekiti State Judicial Service Commission for the state’s chief judge (CJ).
He stated, that two junior judges in the persons of Justice Adekanye Lekan Ogunmoye, who was appointed in April 2010, and Justice Ogunyemi Olusegun Isaac, were nominated by the state Judicial Service Commission.
In a statement signed on Monday by its Senior Legal Analyst, Sylvester Agih, Citizens Gavel noted that this apparent breach of seniority and constitutional norms risks undermining public confidence in the judiciary.
