Shortlisted Kwara High Court judge candidates competent - NBA

Date: 2019-11-21

Concerned members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Kwara state have said that recent shortlisted 10 candidates for appointment as high court judges in the state followed due process as against opposition in some quarters.

It is recalled that a member of the NBA in the state, Sambo Muritala, had petitioned the National Judicial Commission (NJC) over the shortlisted judges on alleged violations of and non-compliance with the constitutional and statutory provisions.

In a letter to the chairman of the NJC, copied to other stakeholders in the state, one of the concerned NBA members, Taofiq Olateju, said that the judges are vibrant people of honour and proven integrity required to fill the vacant position of high court judges, adding that the petition is not only misleading, but also self-contradicting.

"The purported petition is full of falsehood and misleading. However, it is to be noted sir, that the Hon Chief Judge S.D Kawu; Chairman of the Kwara State Judicial Service Commission during the recruitment exercise strictly and fully adhered to the provision of the Constitution for Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), Rules 4 and 5 of the National Judicial Council (NJC) Guidelines and Kwara State Judicial Service Commission Regulations.

"It is a common knowledge that thousands applied to be called for the interview on the vacant position of Kwara State High Court Judge, but after scrutiny, few were shortlisted and among the eligible few ipso facto are Olanipekun Sherifat Bola, (Chief Registrar of the High Court, Kwara State), Hussain Toyin Kawu (Deputy Registrar, Court Of Appeal, Abuja), Funsho Lawal Dada (Permanent Secretary, Ministry Of Justice), Nurrain Kuranga (Senior Chief Magistrate), Akande Idowu (Chairman NBA), Ilorin Branch among others.

The candidates were selected on merit and not by any blood affiliation, favouritism and nepotism as wrongly alleged.

It is interesting for my Noble Lord and the whole World to see that with the qualification and year of experience, as well as the position of the shortlisted candidates, they are qualified, contrary to the allegation that qualified people were not invited for the interview which was conducted on 25/10/2019. I pray Your Lordship and the whole world to note that the grouse of the author of the said Petition was never that, interview were not conducted.

"To meet up with the global judicial practice, the present government under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, within his few days in office, has constructed/renovated four new Courts and providing incentives to the Judicial Staffers contrary to the allegation that there are no available Courts and facilities", he said.

The concerned NBA members also said that the petitioner allegedly suppressed the truth to have said that there are no available facilities to accommodate new judicial officers, adding that there are more than five empty courts, library, Judges Quarters, and others in the Kwara State Judiciary.

"For the avoidance of doubt, the High Court of Justice Headquarters Complex comprises of 14 Court Rooms situated within the same Court Premises and other eight places i.e. Offa, Erin-ile, Omuaran, Osi, Lafiagi, Kaiama, among other places.

It worth a pity, that some of the High Court Judges are presiding over more than one Court such as Hon. Justice Gegele, presiding over High Court in Omu-Aran and Osi and Hon. Justice Adebara presiding over High Court in Offa and Erin Ile respectively. Out of more than 22 courts, there are 17 High Court Judges presently in Kwara State Judiciary and one will go on retirement soon, in December 2019" he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Saad Omo\'ya     Ilorin General Hospital     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Lawal Jimoh     Abdullahi Biffo     Abikan     Ike Ekweremadu     Alfa Belgore     Students Union Government     Yakub Ali-Agan     Sidikat Alaya     Oke-Ogun     Funmilayo Mohammed     Abdullahi Samari     Rueben Parejo     2023 Elections     Bursary     IQRA College     Wahab Egbewole     Turaki Of Ilorin     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Yomi Adeboye     Mutawalle     Mohammed Abdulahi     Iyaloja-General     Ajayi Okasanmi     Ganiyu Taofiq     CBT     Sardauna     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Amusa Bello     Javed Khan     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Benin Republic     Igbomina     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     FOMWAN     Pilgrims Board     Ndama Al-hassan     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Marafan Shonga     Press Release     Pategi     Rafiu Ajakaye     Tunde Akanbi     Abraham Ojo     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Kwabes     Shuaib Jawondo     Ajike People Support Centre     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Idris Amosa Saidu     Solomon Edoja     Kwara Central     Bayo Ajia     Oladimeji Thompson     ASMAU PLAZA     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Kola Ologbondiyan     Jaiz Bank     Sarakite     Olaiya Zuberu     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Galadiman Ngeri     Balogun-Ojomu     Shettima     Ola Falade     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Idofin     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Gamji Members Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

IHS     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Bayo Ajia     Taofik Abdulkareem     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Oke-Kura     NNPP     Laduba     Adaramaja     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Lanre Olosunde     Rafiu Ajakaye     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Moses Rahman Popoola     Al-Hikmah University     SWAN     Ibrahim Mohammed     KWIRS     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Local Government     2017 Budget     Sola Saraki University     LABTOP     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Michael Nzekwe     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Wahab Kunle Shittu     T And K FOODS     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Dagbalodo     Ogidi-Oloje     Kale Belgore     Durbar Festival     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Neo Mundo Ltd     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Abdulkadir Orire     Aliyu Alhassan     NAWOJ     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Unilorin     Ahmed \'Lateef     Yusuf Aiyedun     Tope Daramola     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Folaranmi Aro     Olokoba     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Zara Umar     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Olokoba Sulyman     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     EFCC     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     IsDB     Ndama Al-hassan     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     The Herald     Yoruba     Fulani     Alliance For Democracy     Seun Bolaji     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Hajj     Ganiyu Taofiq     Paul Odama     Amusement Park     Sa\'adu Gambari     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Emir Of Shonga