A legal practitioner, Mr Okoli Ezenwa, has said the National Judicial Council (NJC) was wrong to have ordered the recall of six Judges standing trial for various corruption cases.
TheNewsGuru.com recalls that in an action that raised various curious eyebrows, the NJC, on June 2 recalled Justices Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court, Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court.
Others who were also on suspension but benefitted from the recall include Justices John Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court, Uwani Abba Aji of the Court of Appeal and Hydiazira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court.
The judges were among those arrested after a ‘sting operation’ by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 2016, raided of the houses of the judges and allegedly found some hard currencies said to be proceeds of corruption.
The Abuja based Barrister Ezenwa told newsmen Wednesday in Abuja that the recall of the judges would amount to a huge moral burden on the judiciary.
He said that in spite of the recall, the judges still had cases to answer since the judiciary remained the last hope of the common man.
The legal practitioner said that if there were corruption allegations against any judge, he or she should be tried in the court of law.
He advised the NJC to toe the path of honour and wait until the allegations against them were cleared by the courts.
“So many petitions have been written against these judges and the most honourable thing to is to look at the merit of the petition before recalling them,“he said.