USA Africa Dialogue Series - STAR INFORMATION: The 108 Judges for Election Cases Chosen So Far.....

 STAR INFORMATION:  The 108 Judges for Election Cases Chosen So Far.....

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S/N	NAMES	STATE OF ORIGIN	REMARK
	SW		18 Judges from SW
1.	HON. JUSTICE M. O ABODUNDE	EKITI
2.	HON. JUSTICE A. A. ADELEYE	EKITI
3.	HON. JUSTICE W. A. E. AYO (MRS)	LAGOS
4.	HON. JUSTICE R. I. B. ADEBIYI (MRS)	LAGOS
5.	HON. JUSTICE M. A. OJO	OGUN
6.	HON. JUSTICE O. OGUNFOWORA	OGUN
7.	HON. JUSTICE E. O. OSINUGA	OGUN
8.	HON. JUSTICE O. A. JIBOGU	OGUN
9.	HON. JUSTICE W. A. AKINTOROYE	ONDO
10.	HON. JUSTICE T. O. OSOBA	ONDO
11.	HON. JUSTICE O. AKINTAN-OSADEBAY	ONDO
12.	HON. JUSTICE F. E. AWOLALU (MRS)	OSUN
13.	HON. JUSTICE M. A. ADEIGBE	OSUN
14.	HON. JUSTICE A. A. G. ONIBUKUN	OSUN
15.	HON. JUSTICE S. A. AKINTEYE	OYO
16.	HON. JUSTICE M. O. ISHOLA	OYO
17.	HON. JUSTICE M. L. ABIMBOLA	OYO
18.	HON. JUSTICE A. L. AKINTOLA	OYO
	SE		17 Judges from SE
19.	HON. JUSTICE C. I. JOMBO-OFO	ABIA
20.	HON. JUSTICE A. U. KALU	ABIA
21.	HON. JUSTICE ORY ZIK-IKEORHA	ABIA
22.	HON. JUSTICE C. O. NWEKE	ANAMBRA
23.	HON. JUSTICE P. C. OBIORAH	ANAMBRA
24.	HON. JUSTICE O.M. ANYACHEBELU	ANAMBRA
25.	HON. JUSTICE A. A. NWAIGWE	EBONYI
26.	HON. JUSTICE O' CONNEL OGBONNA	EBONYI
27.	HON. JUSTICE BENSON OGBU	EBONYI
28.	HON. JUSTICE JOHN IGBOJI	EBONYI
29.	HON. JUSTICE N. P. EMEHELU	ENUGU
30.	HON. JUSTICE NWOBODO	ENUGU
31.	HON. JUSTICE L. O. OKEREKE	ENUGU
32.	HON. JUSTICE U. D. OGWURIKE	IMO
33.	HON. JUSTICE K. A. OJIAKO	IMO
34.	HON. JUSTICE P. O. NNADI	IMO
35.	HON. JUSTICE NONYE OKORONKWO	IMO
	SOUTH-SOUTH		17 Judges from SS
36	HON. JUSTICE STEPHEN E. OKON	AKWA IBOM
37.	HON. JUSTICE B. G. SANGA	AKWA IBOM
38.	HON. JUSTICE UMOEKOYO E. ESSANG	AKWA IBOM
39.	HON. JUSTICE JOY I. UNWANA	AKWA IBOM
40.	HON. JUSTICE RAPHEAL AJUWA	BAYELSA
41.	HON. JUSTICE B. M. UGO	BAYELSA
42.	HON. JUSTICE ELIAS O. ABUA	CROSS RIVER
43..	HON. JUSTICE B. E. IKPEME	CROSS RIVER
44.	HON. JUSTICE V. I. OFESI	DELTA
45.	HON. JUSTICE G. E. GBEMRE	DELTA
46.	HON. JUSTICE M. O. IGHODALO	EDO
47.	HON. JUSTICE J. I. ACHA	EDO
48.	HON. JUSTICE J. O. OKEAYA-INNEH	EDO
49.	HON. JUSTICE O. O. DANIEL-KALIO	RIVERS
50.	HON. JUSTICE S. O. TEETITO	RIVERS
51.	HON. JUSTICE D. W. OKOCHA	RIVERS
52.	HON. JUSTICE S. O. IRAGUNIMA	RIVERS
	NORTH-WEST		18 Judges from NW
53.	HON. JUSTICE UBALE AHMED TAURA	JIGAWA
54.	HON. JUSTICE UMAR M. SADIQ	JIGAWA
55.	HON. JUSTICE B. U. SUKOLA	KADUNA
56.	HON. JUSTICE B. MOHAMMED	KADUNA
57.	HON. JUSTICE M. L. MUHAMMED	KADUNA
58.	HON. JUSTICE L. D. ABA	KADUNA
59.	HON. JUSTICE LAWAN WADA MAHMOUD	KANO
60.	HON. JUSTICE DIJE ABDU ABOKI	KANO
61.	HON. JUSTICE ABDULLAHI YUSUF	KATSINA
62.	HON. JUSTICE SADA ABDULMUMINI	KATSINA
63.	HON. JUSTICE SULEIMAN AMBURSA	KEBBI
64.	HON. JUSTICE ABBAS AHMAN	KEBBI
65.	HON. JUSTICE SANI ADAMU	KEBBI
66.	HON. JUSTICE UMAR ABUBAKAR	KEBBI
67.	HON. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD S. SIFAWA	SOKOTO
68	HON. JUSTICE BELLO DUWALE	SOKOTO
69.	HON. JUSTICE MUKTARI YUSHA'U	ZAMFARA
70	HON. JUSTICE BELLO MOH'D SHINKAFI	ZAMFARA
	NORTH EAST		12 Judges from NE
71.	HON. JUSTICE W. I. LEHA	ADAMAWA
72.	HON. JUSTICE HAFSATU ABDULRAHAMAN	ADAMAWA
73.	HON. JUSTICE KADI IBRAHIM WAKILI SUDI	ADAMAWA
74.	HON. JUSTICE KUNAZA N. HAMID	BAUCHI
75.	HON. KADI U. R. MUKA'ILA	BORNO
76.	HON. JUSTICE A. G. KWAJAFFA	BORNO
77.	HON. JUSTICE HALIMA S. MOH'D	GOMBE
78.	HON. JUSTICE M. A. PINDIGA	GOMBE
79.	HON. JUSTICE B. S. S. MOHAMMED	TARABA
80.	HON. JUSTICE JOSEPH J. JELLA	TARABA
81.	HON. JUSTICE G. K. KAIGAMA	YOBE
82.	HON. JUSTICE ALI GARBA	YOBE
83.	HON. JUSTICE T. TUR	BENUE	17 Judges from NC
84.	HON. JUSTICE T. A. KUME	BENUE
85.	HON. JUSTICE A. O. ONUM	BENUE
86.	HON. JUSTICE A. K. BAAKI	BENUE
87	HON. JUSTICE A. A. O. AJILEYE	KOGI
88.	HON. JUSTICE S. O. OTU	KOGI
89.	HON. JUSTICE A. A. ADEBARA	KWARA
90.	HON. JUSTICE E. B. MOHAMMED	KWARA
91.	HON. JUSTICE M. A. AKOJA	KWARA
92.	HON. JUSTICE H. A. SALEEMAN	KWARA
93.	HON. JUSTICE JOHN A. VIKO	NASARAWA
94.	HON. JUSTICE S. U. DIKKO	NASARAWA
95.	HON. JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER I. AUTA	NIGER
96.	HON. JUSTICE MARIA SANDA ZUKOGI	NIGER
97.	HON. JUSTICE AMINA A. WAMBAI	NIGER
98.	HON. JUSTICE M. I. SIRAJO	PLATEAU
99.	HON JUSTICE D. G. MANN	PLATEAU
100.	HON. JUSTICE F. A. OJO	F.C.T	5 Judges from FCT
101.	HON. JUSTICE M. N. ONIYANGI	F.C.T.
102.	HON. JUSTICE P. O. AFFEN	F.C.T.
103.	HON. JUSTICE I. U. BELLO	F.C.T.
104.	HON. JUSTICE O. A. ADENIYI	F.C.T.
105.	HON. JUSTICE C.M.A. OLATOREGUN-ISHOLA	F.H.C.	5 Judges from Federal
106.	HON. JUSTICE TIJANI ABUBAKAR	F.H.C.	High Court
107.	HON. JUSTICE A. R. MOHAMMED	F.H.C.
108	HON. JUSTICE A. L. ALLAGOA	F.H.C.

VANGUARD

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Nigeria: 110 Judges for Election Cases

Ikechukwu Nnochiri

22 March 2011

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Abuja — Ahead of next month's general elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, yesterday, swore in 110 judicial officers that will sit over election disputes that may arise after the polls.

The inaugurated members of the 2011 election petition tribunals were drawn from a total of 210 qualified judicial officers in the country.

By this arrangement, each state of the federation is to have two tribunals to preside over the national and state Houses of Assembly election disputes and a governorship election tribunal to handle election petitions arising from the forthcoming polls.

CJN okays list

Whereas it was the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, that drafted members of the panels in accordance with provisions of Section 9 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Alteration Act), 2010, the CJN, however, okayed and gave the list his approving nod yesterday.

Performing the swearing-in at the Supreme Court complex, the CJN lamented that allegations of corruption had in recent past, placed the role of election tribunals in jeopardy, just as he warned members of the newly inaugurated panels to strive to be above board in the discharge of their duties, warning that anything contrary from them, may portend danger to the already battered integrity of the Nigerian judiciary and tenets of democracy in the country.

Katsina-Alu said: "By the appointment, you are assigned the original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine petitions as to whether any person has been validly elected as a member of the National Assembly, or any member has been validly elected as a member of the House of Assembly of a state or any person has been validly elected to the office of Governor or Deputy Governor of a state.

"You have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders and the earlier you appreciate this, the better for the nation and the image of the judiciary. The judiciary plays a very important role in the determination of election conflicts in any part of the world.

"In Nigeria, allegations of corruption have in recent past placed the role of election tribunal in jeopardy.

Election petitions, just like the ordinary day-to-day civil cases, are intended to be dealt with by tribunals consistently, fairly without bias or partiality. You must bear in mind that in most cases in this country, when Election Petition Tribunals fail in their duties, the consequences had been violence resulting in murder, arson and grievous bodily harm.

"Attempts will no doubt be made by unscrupulous persons to corrupt, influence and/or coerce you into taking wrong decisions. This you must resist at all cost. You must act in accordance with the dictates of the oath which you have just taken as well as your good conscience. I am confident that you will not fail the nation at this crucial moment of our nascent democracy and our effort to build a nation on the principle of the rule of law, justice and fair play.

Scrutiny of litigants

"Finally, I want to warn you the Chairmen and Members of the Election Tribunals that you are under the scrutiny of the eyes of the litigants that will come before you, as well as members of the general public. Any substantiated complaint of impropriety against you will go before the National Judicial Council and you will pay dearly for such.

"It is, therefore, up to you to work honestly, diligently and with integrity. Let your conscience guide you according to the oath that you have just taken."

Meantime, the event got an added piquancy when the Appeal Court President, Justice Salami, refused to exit through the same door used by the CJN immediately after the event.

In line with judicial hierarchy, the PCA, being next in command, was expected to leave the hall immediately after the CJN. He, however, declined the honour, preferring to rather follow the door used by other judicial officers that attended the ceremony.

Whereas the CJN who followed the back door exclusively reserved for justices, exited the hall at exactly 11: 13 am, the PCA stalled his exit till 11.17 a.m. when he exited through the side door at the Supreme Court, just as the warring duo shunned any form of exchange of pleasantries.

It would be recalled that the conduct of the CJN and the PCA are presently under scrutiny by both the NJC and the NBA, following several allegations of judicial misconduct levelled against them from different quarters, with majority of the allegations bothering on election petition malpractices.

Meanwhile, the National Judicial Institute, NJI, yesterday, commenced a five-day refresher course for judges and Kadis, with a view to keep them abreast with new ideas and developments that will aid their adjudicatory duties.

The CJN, who was represented at the event by Justice Aloma Mukhtar of the Supreme Court, maintained that "the enormity of the responsibilities which the democratic governance has placed on the Judiciary demands that the Courts must rise to their constitutional responsibilities."

He added: "Remember that the continued relevance of our work as Judges depends to a great extent on public confidence. We must collectively avoid anything that will compromise the preservation of the rule of law."

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