Judges dare FG, resume work at various courts

*Comply with NJC directive as Justice Inyang Okoro resumes at Supreme Court
*Justice Ademola excited, presided over 7 cases

Despite federal government criticism of the recall of six suspended judges accused of corruption and its decision to appeal against the discharge of Justice Adeniyi Ademola’s case, the judges on Wednesday resumed duty.

The six judges were recalled from suspension by the National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday and resumed sitting at their various courts with some of them attending to pending court cases that have lingered in the last nine months of their suspension.

The Daily Times recalls that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had last week directed heads of courts to recall the six out of the eight suspended Judges and directed them to resume sitting yesterday.

At the Supreme Court where two justices were affected by the suspension directive, our correspondent confirmed that one of the justices whose suspension was lifted, Justice Inyang Okoro resumed duties in his chambers. The Supreme Court yesterday attended to several cases in chambers.

The Daily Times also confirmed that at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Adeniyi Ademola arrived the courtroom at about 9am on Wednesday morning and was excited to have returned to the court room he sat last in October 2016.

Justice Ademola also told lawyers, litigants and others in the courtroom that he was glad to be back after nine months of absence.

He attended to the seven cases that were listed in the cause list of Court 7, Federal high court Abuja.

Coincidentally, Joe Agi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who was tried and discharged alongside Ademola and Mrs Ademola of corruption charges by High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), also appeared before him yesterday.

Agi, who announced appearance for the plaintiffs in Undie Pius and others versus PDP informed the court that the case has been overtaken by event and as such he would like to withdraw the matter.

Consequently, Justice Ademola struck out the case as prayed by the senior advocate. But Joe Agi (SAN) refused to answer questions from journalists when he was confronted for certain clarifications.

Other cases were thereafter taken by Justice Ademola and were adjourned accordingly, after taken submissions from the lawyers in the matter.