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| CJN:Aloma Mukhtar
Justice Aloma Mukhtar
Justice Aloma Mukhtar
Justice Aloma Mukhtar
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THE Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has dismissed five
workers of the Supreme Court and a staffer of the Court of Appeal, Abuja
division, for their involvement in the leakage of an undelivered
judgment in the case of SC 179/2012 involving Senator Alphonsus Uba
Igbeke and Lady Margery Okadigbo and three others.
The affected workers were Russell Ndenu, Nathaniel Abraham, Olayinka Abiodun, Bada Kayode, Festus Ilurimi and Stephen Izonebi.
According to a statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme
Court, Sunday Olorudahunsi, on Thursday, the six judiciary workers were
found through investigation to have conspired among themselves and
allegedly with two outsiders, Senator Igbeke and one Collins Okechukwu
to leak out the judgement before it was delivered on May 31, 2013.
“Senator Igbeke put a paid advert on page 42 of the Daily Sun of May
30, 2013, alleging that the said judgment had leaked, which forced his
counsel in the matter, Chief Wole Olanipekun, to write to the Chief
Registrar of the Supreme Court to dissociate himself from the
publication, as well as withdrawing his service to Senator Igbeke on the
matter.
“The FJSC considered their act as serious misconduct that runs
contrary to Regulation 48(1)(xi) of the FJSC Regulations, Regulation 49
and Regulation 60(1) (i),” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the commission has requested the Minister of Justice and
the Attorney-General of the Federation to further investigate the motive
behind the leakage and possibly take legal action against Senator
Igbeke and Okechukwu, for allegedly masterminding the leaked undelivered
judgment of the Supreme Court.
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