A retired Federal High Court judge, Hon. Justice Andrew Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye has remarked that regionalising judiciary from the prisms of tribes, religion or geo-political divisions; rather than seeing it as a homogeneous entity that serves the interest of all Nigerians is injurious to the growth of the Nigerian state.
Speaking at the 9th Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Badagry Branch, also known as the Heritage Bar, in Lagos on Thursday, the retired judge noted that Justice should be an integral whole that does not admit partition along tribal or geopolitical bifurcation.
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Citing recently retired Justice Dattijo Mohammad’s criticism of the absence of judges from the North Central and South East geo-political zones in the panel of Justices of the Supreme Court that decided the presidential election appeals, Ajileye maintained that it would be more dangerous if the impartiality of the Supreme Court were to be predicated on geopolitical representation.