NJC sacks 2 Judges, recommends appointment of 69 others
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has sacked two judges over age falsification, even as it recommend the appointment of 69 new judges.
The Council, said it had at a virtual meeting it held on December 16, 2020, found that Shu’aibu Talba, the Grand Kadi of Yobe State and Justice Abdulkareem Abdulrasaq of Osun State High Court falsified their dates of birth.
NJC said it found merit in a petition that was filed against Grand Kadi Talba by one Malam Zakar Adamu, who is Chairman of Movement for Justice in Nigeria.
The petition alleged that Talba falsified his age on two occasions, from February 1, 1955 to August 27, 1955 and later to December 30, 1959.