WHY WE SUSPENDED THE INDICTED JUDGES-CJN

The Chief Justice of the federation, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday stated that the  National Judicial Council[NJC] decide to suspend the indicted judges in order to preserve the independence of the judiciary. Justice Mahmud stated this in Abuja during the swearing in of two new justices of the supreme court, Justice Amina Augie and Ejembi Eko. The council had last week after its two days emergency meeting held in Abuja came out with a resolution that any judiCial officer standing trial will cease to perform judicial functions. The council took this stand following  communications it received from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, that he was embarking on the prosecution of the affected judicial officers for the offenses disclosed against them from the evidence on ground. We must not forget that we  operate a constitutional Democracy, which clearly prescribes the powers accorded to each organ of the state. I therefore wish to state without fear of contradiction, that the third arm of government will remain resolute in its commitment and resolve to uphold its independence and to adjudicate with utmost fairness and justice as prescribed in our constitution and the law," the CJN stated.