The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Acting Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Shadrack Nwanosike.
Justice Nwanosike was suspended following the decision of the Council that he falsified his date of birth which invariably affected his retirement age.
The Council, at its last meeting, also considered and deliberated on the Report of its Committee on Performance Evaluation of Judicial Officers of the Superior Courts of Record in the Federation.
The Acting Director in charge of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said: ” At the end of deliberation, Council constituted a five-man Committee comprising its Members to invite Judicial Officers with “Very Low Performance or Non-Performance”, to appear before it to show cause why they should not be removed from office.
“Council further considered and recommended the appointment of some Judicial Officers in the Federal & States Judiciaries to the Executive, respectively: Chief Judge, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Chief Judge, Rivers State to the State Governor; Chief Judge, Jigawa State to the State Governor; Chief Judge, Katsina State to the State Governor; President, Customary Court of Appeal, Taraba State to the State Governor; Two Kadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal, Kebbi State to the State Governor; Two Kadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto State to the State Governor; One Judge for the Customary Court of Appeal, Delta State to the State Governor and Two Judges for the Customary Court of Appeal, Ebonyi State to the State Governor”.
