The decision serves, as disciplinary action against Justice Goji for professional misconduct and insubordination, should be commended. The decision placing Justice Goji on compulsory retirement came on the advice of the Adamawa State Judicial Service Commission after its findings on the allegations of misconduct levelled against him. In the last few years, events in Nigeria have come to present judges as mere hustlers in a land of lawlessness. To paraphrase the immortal words of Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, with courts as the temple of justice, judges seat on the high pedestal, acting in loco dei (in place of God) as they dispense justice. Perhaps, influenced by odious economic and political practices, judges are becoming vulnerable to the promptings of men and women in power.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2018 03:56 UTC