Buhari's CJN: 10 Dead, Retired Judges Among Newly Appointed Election Petition Tribunals’ Members.

Names of dead people and retired Judges found on the list of the newly appointed election tribunal judges. 

Interestingly CJN Walter Onnoghen was to inaugurate the 2019 Election Petition Tribunal judges on Saturday the 26th but was removed on Friday the 25th and a new CJN Tanko Mohammed was sworn in. 

On the day after he assumed  office Saturday  the 26th Mallam Tanko sworn in Election Tribunals judges at the Supreme Court Complex in Abuja.

The list of these judges has been released and as usual dead and retired  people are on it.

A group of Lawyers in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital brought this to the notice of all nigerians asking us to pay caution on the dangers of appointing dead and retired judges into the nation’s election petition tribunal.

These  group of concerned lawyers who declined being identified faulted the list of the recently sworn in 250  trubunal members as parading over 10 names of dead and retired judges.

Though admitting that this would not be the first time the Buhari-led government has displayed this level of “cluelessness and carelesness in handling sensitive issues concerning Nigeria”, they described a posthumous appointment of anyone for such sensitive role in the country as burying Nigeria alive.

This has continued to generate heated criticism by both members of the legal community and social media users who pointed to some Nigerians who have long been dead and buried, but have posthumously made the list.

Independent News reported that oneof the lawyers, who spoke to their correspondent on condition of anonymity, said that up to ten judges in the list were dead.

He identified some of the late appointees to include Justice Edemekong Edemekong whose name appeared as number 58 on the list and declared that the late Justice died since 2013.

Another Justice Chukwu from Ebonyi State and number 53 on the list, who was formerly of the Federal High Court is also said to have been long dead.

The lawyer’s revelation also indicated that Justice Stephen Okon, a retired Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State and justice Okoyo Essang (number 56), a retired justice of the High Court in Akwa Ibom State, both made the list.

Buhari administration has shown a generation of blunders and one can't help but ask, when will this end?

Independent News