The emergency meeting of the
National Judicial Council (NJC) did not take off on a smooth note Tuesday
morning as there was confusion over who convened the meeting and who should
preside.
The meeting was called via a message
sent on Sunday by Soji Oye, the NJC director of information, who apologised for
the short notice.
It was to start at 10am inside
the NJC conference room.
As previously reported neither Walter Onnoghen, the suspended chief justice of Nigeria, nor
Ibrahim Muhammad, the man appointed to act in his position, will attend the NJC
meeting which was called to resolve the leadership crisis in the judicial arm.
Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who is
currently the third most senior justice at the supreme court, is not a member
of NJC but was invited by the secretary, Ahmad Gambo Saleh.
Rhodes-Vivour was immediately
ushered out politely when he entered the conference room.
In the absence of both Onnoghen
and Muhammad, the council is expected to elect a chairman pro tempore to
preside over the meeting.
This is a developing story. It
will be updated as more facts emerge.
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