Guardian
25 August 2011
Labour, Commonwealth lawyers flay Jonathan, NJC
Court adjourns suit against suspension till September 7
NBA wants judicial council reconstituted
AS the removal of Justice Ayo Isa Salami as the President of the Court of Appeal continued to dominate national issues, the Presidency yesterday broke its silence on the matter.
The Presidency said it was miffed at the reactions of some interested parties in the issue between Salami and the National Judicial Council (NJC) over the latter’s recommendation that the former Court of Appeal President be retired over his refusal to apologise to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
It said the attempt to drag the name of President Goodluck Jonathan into the whole issue smacked of politics and not a due diligence of the points at stake.
But organised Labour, members of the Bar under the platform of Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and other interest groups, have insisted that Jonathan’s “hasty” removal of Salami from office was wrong.
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