By our reporter/ Tanko Ibrahim Muhammad, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) has resigned.
The CJN reportedly resigned on the grounds of ill health but sources familiar with the circumstances surrounding his decision said he was forced to relinquish his position over allegations of corruption levelled against him by his colleagues.
Plans, according to the source, are underway to appoint the next-highest ranking justice of the apex court, as interim chief justice of the country.
Last week, 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter to lament the decrepit state of affairs in the apex court.
In the leaked letter, the Justices accused the CJN of refusing to address the issues despite drawing his attention to them.
They complained of a lack of residential accommodation and vehicles at the court.
The justices further accused the CJN of gallivanting with his “spouse, children and personal staff,” while not allowing them to travel with an assistant on foreign trips.
The justices decried the lack of legal research assistants, despite the magnitude of cases being adjudicated.
On erratic electricity supply, the justices said they have been confined to work between the “hours of 8 a.m and 4 p.m daily, for lack of diesel,” after they were notified of the development by the Supreme Court’s Chief Registrar, Hajo Bello.
The CJN has since denied the allegations.
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