Going by logic and antecedents, it will be difficult for Tinubu to properly situate the scale of justice in Nigeria. His IOUs will predictably tilt towards those same principalities and powers for whom injustice is a core condiment in their broth. I pray however that he pleasantly shocks cynics like me. If he does, hope…
Abiodun and Tajudeen, children of Lagos socialite and notorious land grabber, Jimoh Ishola, also known as Ejigbadero have been accused of land grabbing, intimidation and misuse of public resources. Ejigbadero was sentenced to death in the 1970s after he was found guilty of killing one Raji Oba. He was said to have arranged a child naming ceremony, attended by the crème-de-la crème of society, to coincide with his murder of Oba who he hoped to dispossess of a land.
COVID-19 impact
Unsure of how to proceed with normal court businesses at the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, most court heads directed shutdown for the first two weeks or more in March this year.
Subsequently, after the Federal Government, through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 made public the COVID – Regulations 2020, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad took the initiative, in his capacity as the head of the judicial arm of government, to direct courts’ heads to scale down court activities as a measure to curb the spread of the virus.
In a circular, marked: NJC/CIR/HOC/11/631 issued on March 23, 2020, the CJN advised courts’ heads to still continue to hear certain cases while keeping social distancing and wearing face masks among other anti-COVID-19 measures.