The National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday raised a five-man Committee to investigate the allegations against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Ayo Salami.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the council in Abuja. It was summoned to deliberate on the feud between the top two judicial officers.
The fact-finding Committee is headed by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umar Abdullahi. Other members are a former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola; a former Chief Judge of Edo State Justice Akepioroh and a member of the Council, Mrs Rekiya Ibrahim. The name of the fifth member of the panel could not be ascertained last night. The committee is to submit its report within three months.
The Committee is different from an earlier three-man Reconciliation Committee, which is brokering peace between the two leaders of the Judiciary.
A source at the meeting said an attempt by Deputy Chairman of the NJC Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who presided, to single-handedly determine the list of members of the Committee was resisted by other Council members, led by former Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) President Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN).
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Five-man panel to probe CJN, Salami feud