Jonathan approves sack of High Court judges

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the sacking of two high court judges as recommended to him by the National Judicial Council.
The affected judges are Justice Gladys Olotu and Justice Ufot Inyang.
They were recommended for sack by the NJC over alleged gross misconduct.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, confirmed the development on Tuesday.
Adoke, after a meeting with the President, told State House correspondents that Jonathan had approved the recommendation of the sack of Olotu and Inyang.
Olotu is of the Federal High Court while Inyang is of the FCT High Court.
The decision to sack the two judges was taken by the NJC at its meeting of February 26.
A statement signed by Soji Oye, the NJC’s Acting Director of Information, after the NJC’s meeting confirmed the decision to sack the judges.
The statement said that the judges were recommended to Jonathan for compulsory retirement from office pursuant to the outcome of the Council’s findings.
Oye said that the findings were necessitated by petitions on allegations of gross misconduct levelled against them.
“The National Judicial Council has in the exercise of its disciplinary powers under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, suspended the two judges from office with immediate effect.”
According to the statement, three other judges were issued with warning letters by the NJC on account of declining productivity.
They are Justice Dalhatu Adamu, Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division; Justice A.A. Adeleye of the Ekiti High Court; and Justice D.O. Amaechina of Anambra High Court.
The statement added: “The Council also issued warning letters to Justice Dalhatu Adamu, CFR, Presiding Justice of Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division.
“It also issued similar letters to Justice A. A. Adeleye of High Court of Justice, Ekiti, and Justice D. O. Amaechina of High Court of Justice, Anambra.”