Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), on Tuesday, Bolna’an Dongban-Mensen, as the substantive president of the Court of Appeal without going through another acting term. According to the leaders, the path of honour being recommend is for the judges behind Dongban-Mensen in rank to follow one “toed by judges of honour in Kogi State recently when the Nos 2 and 3 refused to accept being made no 1 in controversial circumstance,” adding: “The Chief Judge served out his tenure.”SMBLF, therefore, called on President Buhari to save the government the possibility of such situation by confirming the NJC recommendation immediately, even as it condemned what it described as “shameful manipulation” of appointment figures in Nigeria by a northern-based newspaper to make a feeble rebuttal of Col Umar’s memo to Buhari, declaring such as “most unhelpful to the reputation of journalism.”“President Buhari should save the government the possibility of such a situation by confirming the NJC recommendation immediately. “Lastly, we use this medium to reject the shameful manipulation of appointment figures by a northern newspaper to make a feeble rebuttal of Col. Abubakar Umar’s patriotic memo. It was most unhelpful to the reputation of journalism,” the leaders said. NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 02, 2020 16:34 UTC