Mixed reactions have trailed the Court of Appeal’s ruling stopping the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting serving judges.
A human rights lawyer, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, yesterday lauded the verdict, as asserting the independence of the judiciary.In the landmark judgment delivered on December 11, 2017, the court ruled that cases of official misconduct against judges must be undertaken first by the National Judicial Council (NJC).
Adegboruwa said: “The decision is sound in law and logic, especially in helping to assert the much-desired independence of the judiciary. In recent times, judicial officers had been under mindless attack by the executive, arising from President Muhammadu Buhari’s several statements that that the judiciary was his headache.”
He noted that the hallowed democratic principle of separation of powers requires that though the three arms of government should be independent, but they must work together for the effective administration of the realms.
Mixed reactions trail appeal court’s ruling stopping EFCC from prosecuting judges
