NJC Suspends Three Judges for Misconduct in Nigeria

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended three judges due to alleged misconduct, as stated by Mr Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, Deputy Director (Information) of the NJC, on Thursday in Abuja. The suspended judges include Justice Hannatu Kabir of Nasarawa State High Court, Grand Kadi Mohammed Salihu of Jigawa Sharia Court of Appeal, and Justice Sobere Biambo of Rivers High Court.

Justice Kabir received a one-year suspension without pay and a three-year bar from elevation for unlawfully detaining a litigant for 58 days without proper contempt proceedings. Grand Kadi Salihu was also suspended for one year without pay for his role in reopening a judgment from the FCT Upper Area Court.

Justice Biambo faced similar penalties, including a one-year suspension without pay and a three-year restriction on elevation, due to the issuance of bench warrants and fines on litigants in a civil dispute without following due process.