However, LEADERSHIP newspaper gathered authoritatively that with the latest development, the swearing-in programme might be put on hold pending the investigation into the allegation by the NGO.
LEADERSHIP obtained a letter written by the executive secretary of the anti-corruption network, Otunba Dino Melaye, intimating the CJN that the 12 newly appointed judges of the NIC were not qualified to be sworn in as members of the Bench.
Melaye, an ex-lawmaker, alleges that the 12 potential jurists were not versed in labour laws and cannot be sworn in to adjudicate over labour matters. In a letter addressed to the CJN as the chairman of the NJC, entitled “Illegal Appointment of Judges of the NIC”, the anti-corruption crusader alleged that the president of the NIC, Justice A. Babatunde Adejumo, who submitted the list of shortlisted candidates deliberately, deceived the NJC.
The letter, which was sent to the office of the CJN yesterday, reads in part: “We have confirmed that the NJC under your able and incorruptible leadership has recently approved the appointment of 12 lawyers as judges of the NIC. We wish to draw your attention to the illegality of the appointment as none of the 12 candidates is qualified under section 2(4) of the NIC Act.”
http://leadership.ng/news/210513/cjn-may-postpone-swearing-12-industrial-court-judges-tomorrow
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