The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has commended the National Judicial Council (NJC) for the sack of Justices Thomas Naron and Charles Archibong on ethical ground.
The NJC has called for the immediate compulsory retirement of these two judges at a meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar.
Justice Naron was investigated by the NJC for the scandalous judgment he led three other judges to give as the first election petition tribunal in Osun State after the 2007 elections.
Speaking on behalf of the Coalition, its Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran lauded the NJC for taking a giant stride to rid the bench of the bad eggs and restore the hope of the common man in the judiciary.
“This is a giant stride by the NJC to rid our bench of the bad eggs. It is a welcome development that the NJC is now waking up to its responsibilities. The sack of Justice Naron and his colleague will go a long way to restore the hope of the masses in the judiciary.
It is however worthy of note that these two judges are not the only ones delivering kangaroo judgment, the NJC should beam its searchlight on other judges who have become compromised and flush them out of the bench, if we must win war against electoral and other forms of corruption in the country,”Adeniran stated.