Guardian
20 August 2011
Agbakoba Calls For Democratization Of Judicial Institutions
FRESH facts have emerged on how the National Judicial Council (NJC) arrived at the decision to suspend the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, and recommend him for dismissal.
It was learnt yesterday that the decision was reached at a meeting attended by only seven of the 24 members of the Council, in which four members voted in favour and three against the controversial decision that is being called to legal questioning.
A competent source told The Guardian that the NJC meeting lasted barely five minutes, with only one decision: to forward the name of Justice Dahiru Musdapher, to President Goodluck Jonathan, as successor to the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, who presided over the session.
Katsina-Alu reportedly left immediately the meeting ended, as did some other members of the NJC in attendance.
However, some members were said to have reconvened, to suspend Justice Salami.
A member of the NJC, who pleaded anonymity, said that those who voted against the suspension of Justice Salami argued that it was unconstitutional and would amount to a judicial coup, while four members, who voted in favour of the decision insisted that majority had carried the vote.
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