The National Judicial Council has recommended the sacking of the Acting Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Shadrack Nwanosike, who was found guilty of falsifying his age.

Soji Oye, the acting Director of Information in the NJC in his statement said the council had also ordered some judges, whom he described as scoring “very low or non-performance” grades in their performance evaluation reports, to appear before it to give reasons why they should not be sacked.

Soji Oye also stated that the National Judicial Council, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, at its 63rd Meeting, held on July 17 and 18, 2013, recommended the compulsory retirement from office of Justice Shadrack O.E. Nwanosike, the Acting Chief Judge of Abia State.

CEOAFRICA gathered that the decision taken following the findings of the Council that Justice Nwanosike falsified his date of birth, which invariably affected his retirement age.

The NJC also recommended to the executive arm of government the appointment of some judicial officers to fill vacancies in the federal and state judiciaries, including the Chief Judge, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, who is to be appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Other appointments, recommended by the Council, are CJ, Rivers State; CJ, Jigawa State;  CJ, Katsina; State; President, Customary Court of Appeal, Taraba State;  two Kadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal, Kebbi State; two Kadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal, Sokoto State; one judge for the Customary Court of Appeal, Delta State; and two judges for the Customary Court of Appeal, Ebonyi State, and are to be made by their respective state governors.