Irked by the rising scenarios of conflicting injunctions issued by courts in parts of the country, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has summoned six chief judges to explain the situation.
The chief justice is worried that courts of coordinat jurisdiction in the country have been giving conflicting orders in the last one month.
Justice Mohammed, who is the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC), issued the summons in Abuja on Monday, Aug. 30.
The affected chief judges are to appear before the NJC to explain what warranted the issuance of conflicting orders by courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
The summoned chief judges are those of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo states.
The CJN complained about the embarrassment caused the Nigeria’s judiciary by the conflicting orders upon ex-parte applications by political parties. ##
