Group Wants CJN To Resign Over Abuse Of Office.
Civil Society Consortium on Judicial Accountability, has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, over alleged abuse of office and favoritism in the discharge of his duties.
The group, which claimed that its members are lawyers of public interest, expressed anger with the CJN over the appointment of his biological children as judicial officers in the recent appointments.
At a protest staged at the road leading to the Supreme Court, the group accused the CJN of appointing his son, Olukayode Ariwoola Junior, as a Judge of the Federal High Court and also his daughter, Oluwakemi Victoria Ariwoola as a Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.
The group also alleged that the CJN conferred undue advantages on his family by using the National Judicial Council, of which he is the chairman to recommend the two children.
The coordinator of the consortium, Martin Obono, demanded that the office of the CJN be unbundled to avoid being further abused.
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