Nigeria: NJC Sends 10 Imo Judges On Compulsory Retirement

Abuja — The National Judicial Council, NJC, has approved the compulsory retirement of 10 Judges of Imo State Judiciary.

The council, in a press release it issued late in the night on Thursday, disclosed that nine of the affected Judges falsified their dates of birth in a bid to perpetuate themselves in office.

It equally okayed the retirement of Justice T. N. Nzeukwu for allowing himself to be sworn in as the Acting Chief Judge of the Imo State High Court, even though he was the fourth in the…