The lawful body similarly sacked Justice Michael Goji of the High Court of Adamawa State for declining to continue on exchange to the Mubi Judicial Division of the State High Court since July, 2017. NJC which is going by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, kept up that the activity of the judge added up to net unfortunate behavior. In spite of prescribing Justice Goji for necessary retirement to Governor Bindo Umaru Jibrilla of Adamawa State in light of the exhortation of the State Judicial Service Commission, NJC, in an announcement marked by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, guided the beset Judge to instantly abandon his office, and to discount pay rates he got over the most recent 10 months. The Council said it took the choice toward the finish of its 86th Meeting which was hung on May 8 and 9 May. As per the announcement, "The Adamawa State Judicial State Commission had directed an examination on the lead of Hon. Mr. Equity Goji, following the mandate of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, in the wake of getting the protestation of his offense from the Adamawa State Chief Judge. "Beside the suggestion for necessary retirement, Council likewise coordinated that he should discount all pay rates got by him from July, 2017 till date, coming up short which the Adamawa State Government is to deduct the sum from any qualification because of him and transmit same to the National Judicial Council which pays pay rates of every single Life Insurance Co Lincoln Judicial Officer in the Federation. "Then, the Council in exercise of its disciplinary powers under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as corrected, has suspended Hon. Mr. Equity Goji from office pending his expulsion from office". Interim, NJC said it thought about reports of different Investigation Committees and rejected appeal to composed against Justice Paul Adamu Galinje of the Supreme Court, and against Chief Judges of Jigawa and Enugu States, Justice Aminu Sabo Ringim and Justice Peter Umeadi, individually. "The appeal to against Hon. Mr. Equity Paul Adamu Galinje of the Supreme Court was rejected spin-off of its withdrawal by Hon. Yaro Abarshi and Hon. John Yobi Yarafa and others, who charged that he meddled in a Motor Replacements Chieftaincy matter in Taraba State. "The request of against Hon. Mr. Equity Aminu Sabo Ringim was likewise rejected in light of the fact that the Petitioner, Dr Jamil Gwamna who kept in touch with Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, Minister of Power and Works who thusly sent same to the National Judicial Council, pulled back the appeal. "The claim was that the Hon. Judge requested the capture, ambush, and confinement of staff of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) when they detached the power at the State High Court and the Judge's home for non-installment of bills. "The Committee that examined the issue found that the Petitioner couldn't appear or demonstrate that Hon. Mr. Equity Ringim educated or coordinated the capture of KEDCO's staff. "Committee did not discover any motivation to additionally examine Hon. Mr. Judges Paul Galinje and Aminu Ringim after the withdrawals. "Petitions composed against twenty-five (25) Judicial Officers and others by EFCC were likewise considered by Council after which it set out to empanel seven (7) Committees to investigate the charges. "Petitions against different Judges were rejected for, absence of foundation of wrongdoing, being subjudice or that such petitions were matters for advance. "The expelled petitions were against Hon. Mr. Judges A. I. Chikere and J. T Tsoho, Emeka Nwite and Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Hon. Mr. Equity Adetokunbo Banjoko of FCT High Court, Hon. Mr. Equity Taminu Zailani, Chief Judge, Kaduna, Hon. Mr. Equity M. A. Adeigbe, High Court, Osun State (who had officially resigned from the Bench), and Hon. Mr. Equity E. N. Ogbuiji, High Court, Rivers State. "Board at the Meeting likewise prescribed twenty-one (21) Dayton Freight Lines Judges for arrangement as Chief Judges, Grand Kadi, High Court Judges, Sharia Court Kadis, President, Customary Court of Appeal, and one (1) Member, Code of Conduct Tribunal.
