Ex-judge condemns corruption in judiciary
MAY 28, 2013
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar
Chairman, National Law Reform Commission, Justice Umar Kalgo, has decried the alleged corrupt practices in the nation’s judicial system.
Kalgo, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, however, said the efforts of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Muhktar, to redeem the image of the judiciary was laudable.
He spoke on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Centre for Ilorin Studies, University of Ilorin on Monday.
The conference was entitled, ‘Ilorin: History, culture and lessons of peaceful co-existence.’
Kalgo said, “The way judges are comporting themselves in the recent time is very worrisome.
“I find it very difficult to believe the ways judges are now behaving, not sitting in court in good time, repeated absences from court without genuine reasons and going through court proceedings without looking at the evidence before them as governed by the subject matter.
“A lot of bad reflections are thereby shown everywhere about the system.
“The CJN is doing a lot to curb these ugly situations. She has set up committees to look into them.”
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