The National
Judicial Council said yesterday that it had sanctioned a judge of Abia State
High Court, Justice Ugbo Ononogbo, and a counterpart in the Zamfara State High
Court, Justice Nasir Gunmi, for various acts of misconduct.
In a statement by
its Acting Director of Information, Soji Oye, the NJC said it recommended
Ononogbo for dismissal and Gunmi for compulsory retirement.
Oye said the NJC,
under the chairmanship of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter
Onnoghen, took the decisions at its 80th meeting held between December 14 and
15.
Ononogbo was said
to have made two orders in a probate case, while lawyers and court officials
involved in the case ended up paying to the Probate Registry the sum of N83m
instead of N200m.
Thus, the NJC said
it reached its decision to dismiss the judge following its findings on a
petition filed against the judge by Urum Ifegwu.
The sanctions
imposed on the judges, according to Oye, are with immediate effect.
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