Why Osun Assembly cant remove CJ NBA chair
Barrister Olayemi Abiona a legal practitioner and the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Osogbo branch has assured the Association that Osun Assembly cannot remove the Chief Justice Adepele Ojo.
He disclosed this in an interview, with pressmen in Osogbo, on Saturday.
According to Him a letter was written on Friday, November 17, 2023, to be delivered to the governor’s office, but we were informed that those who were to receive it were not available. The clerk had to return the letter with a promise that we would bring it later. When we took the letter back there, a staff member of the governor’s office again declined to receive it.
Barrister Olayemi, said the House lacks the power to say a CJ should step aside in carrying out their oversight function.
They can only investigate any public officer in the performance of their oversight function, but they cannot punish any judicial officer.The House lacks the power to do that. They can investigate, people can write petitions to them, and they may carry out an investigation or inquiry about public petitions, but they cannot say, ‘We have investigated and so and so should happen to this judicial officer’.
Then the NJC will look at it. The constitution in Paragraph 21, Third Schedule, gives only the NJC the power to recommend for appointment and removal or otherwise of any judicial officer.
No, they can’t do that. The best they can do is after investigation, their report can be sent to the NJC with the initial petition of the complainant against the judicial officer, and the NJC will look at it. The constitution in Paragraph 21, Third Schedule, gives only the NJC the power to recommend for appointment and removal or otherwise of any judicial officer.
