Federal High Court Judge, Justice Ademola, Resigns
Federal High
Court Judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, has tendered his letter of voluntary
retirement from the bench
The judge who
was due for his statutory retirement in March 2018, suddenly turned in his
letter of resignation dated December 6, 2017 on Thursday.
Justice
Ademola was one of the judges arrested by the Department of State Service last
year October.
He was subsequently prosecuted alongside his wife, Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria on gratification charges.
But they were exonerated by the trial court after upholding their no-case submission earlier this year.
He was subsequently prosecuted alongside his wife, Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria on gratification charges.
But they were exonerated by the trial court after upholding their no-case submission earlier this year.
A
one-paragraph letter received at the Office of the Acting Chief Judge of the
Federal High Court in Abuja, on December 7 (Thursday), stated that his retirement
took effect from December 6 (Wednesday).The letter did not disclose the reason
for the judge’s decision.
The letter
indicated that the NJC would receive the letter through the Acting Chief Judge
of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdu Kafarati.
Titled, ‘Letter of voluntary retirement’, and it reads, “I hereby voluntarily retire from the bench of the Federal High Court with effect from December 6, 2017.”
The footnote of the letter added, “This letter supersedes my previous notice of retirement from the Federal High Court of Nigeria dated 25/09/2017”.
Titled, ‘Letter of voluntary retirement’, and it reads, “I hereby voluntarily retire from the bench of the Federal High Court with effect from December 6, 2017.”
The footnote of the letter added, “This letter supersedes my previous notice of retirement from the Federal High Court of Nigeria dated 25/09/2017”.
But it was
learnt that the National Judicial Council did received a letter from Ademola
but did not act on his previous letter of notice of retirement dated September
25, 2017.
That first
letter was addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National
Judicial Council, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The decision of the judge was a sudden one as he had only some days ago fixed Thursday for judgment in a terrorism case.
The letter also came at a time the National Judicial Council, which had been considering a petition sent against him, is having a two-day meeting which commenced on Wednesday.
Earlier on Thursday, lawyers, journalists and the defendants facing the terrorism charges scheduled for judgment, were turned back byJustice Ademola’s court’s officials.
One of the officials told all lawyers whose cases were scheduled to come up on Thursday to return to the court next week for a new date.
The decision of the judge was a sudden one as he had only some days ago fixed Thursday for judgment in a terrorism case.
The letter also came at a time the National Judicial Council, which had been considering a petition sent against him, is having a two-day meeting which commenced on Wednesday.
Earlier on Thursday, lawyers, journalists and the defendants facing the terrorism charges scheduled for judgment, were turned back byJustice Ademola’s court’s officials.
One of the officials told all lawyers whose cases were scheduled to come up on Thursday to return to the court next week for a new date.
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