IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI
ABUJA — A Federal High Court in
Abuja, will today, determine
whether the suspended
President of the Court of Appeal,
PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami,
should forthwith resume the
duties of his office despite the
refusal of President Goodluck
Jonathan to okay his re-
instatement by the National
Judicial Council, NJC.
The Council had on August 18,
2011, ordered Salami to proceed
on an indefinite suspension after
he was found guilty of judicial
misconduct.
He was specifically accused of
lying on oath against a former
Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,
Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
Salami had in the wake of an
uncanny feud that ensued
between him and the ex-CJN
who was his classmate at the law
school, alleged via an affidavit he
deposed before the federal high
court, that Katsina-Alu,
pressurised him to pervert
justice in a gubernatorial election
appeal dispute involving Sokoto
State.
However, the NJC, after a stormy
session it held on August 18,
cleared the former CJN, even as
it axed Salami for violating the
code of conduct for judicial
officers in the country.
Nevertheless, the Council had
since then okayed him to return
to office, a move that was
vehemently opposed by
President Jonathan who insisted
that re-instating Salami within
the pendency of legal actions
revolving around his suspension
would amount to sub-judice.
Consequently, in defiance to a
resolution that was reached by
the NJC on May 10, 2012,
President Jonathan, through the
Attorney General of the
Federation and Minister of
Justice, Mohammed Adoke Bello,
on May 22, 2012, maintained that
Salami should not resume office
until all the court cases are
disposed of.
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