The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has asked seven Chief Judges to produce the records of proceedings in the suits that led to the recent wave of conflicting court orders in the country.
The Chief Judges of the state High Courts involved in the matter that has been described as an embarrassment to the Nigerian judiciary are expected to appear with the court records for a probe on Monday.
Th e CJN last week summoned the Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo States regarding the conflicting ex parte orders issued by their courts all in political cases.
“The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council (CJN), Hon. Dr. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has demanded the records of proceedings in all the suits from which conflicting ex parte orders emanated,” a judiciary source who is privy to the developments but prohibited from talking to the media about it stated in a text message.
“The Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross Rivers, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo States are to be quizzed on the controversial conflicting orders delivered in their various States on Monday, 6 September 2021.”
