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| Goodluck Jonathan |
Abuja—President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the
compulsory retirement of Justices Gladys Olotu and U. A. Inyang of the Federal
High Court and FCT High Court respectively with effect from February 3 2014.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Mohammed Adoke, who confirmed this to State House correspondents, said the
compulsory retirement is in accordance with the recommendation of the National
Judicial Council.
It would be recalled that the NJC last week announced the
suspension of the justices for gross misconduct after which it forwarded a
recommendation for their compulsory retirement to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Giving details of the misdemeanor of the affected justices, the
Acting Director of Information in the NJC, Soji Oye had explained that the
council, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar
“recommended the compulsory retirement from office of Justice G.K. Olotu of the
Federal High Court and Justice U. A. Inyang of High Court of Justice of the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, respectively for gross misconduct.”
He said the recommendation for compulsory retirement of the
two judges was based on findings made by the NJC after investigations into allegations
contained in petitions brought against them.
The NJC found that Justice Olotu “failed to deliver judgment
on Suit No. FHC/UY/250/2003, 18 months after the final address by all the
counsel in the suit, contrary to the constitutional provisions those judgments
should be delivered within a period of 90 days.”
Also, Justice Olotu “admitted before the Fact Finding
Committee of the Council that investigated the allegations that she forgot she
had a pending ruling to deliver in an application for joinder.”
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