By Nathaniel Zacchaeus, Abuja
The Senator, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District before he was sacked by the Appeal Court in October last year, Elisha Abbo, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the appointment of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme to the Supreme Court.
Abbo, at a news conference in Abuja yesterday, alleged that the Appeal Court carried out judicial banditry and miscarriage of Justice against him and other federal lawmakers.
Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme was among the 11 Justices from the Court of Appeal nominated for vacant seats at the Supreme Court by President Bola Tinubu in December last year as recommended by the National Judicial Council and later confirmed by the Senate.
A few days after the inauguration of Justice Nwosu-Iheme and 10 others as Supreme Court Justices by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, the Senator called on President Tinubu to withdraw her nomination.
Abbo’s election was nullified by the Appeal Court in October last year.
The Senator alleged that Justice Nwosu-Iheme carried out judicial banditry against his mandate with the lead judgement she delivered on Monday, October 16, 2023, when his mandate was upturned in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate he defeated with over 11,000 votes.
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He added that the alleged miscarriage of Justice carried out against him by Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme was “also done by some other Justices of the Court of Appeal against targeted elected lawmakers and Governors, some of which were later upturned by the Supreme Court.”
He said, “The kernel of my submission at this press conference is that the appointment of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme into the Supreme Court, is not good for our judicial system and dispensation of Justice.
“Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme is among some Justices in the country carrying out a judicial coup against democracy in Nigeria. Justices like her should not be allowed to get to the Supreme Court.
“President Bola Tinubu should please in line with his renewed hope mantra, terminate the appointment of Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme into the Supreme Court to save our judiciary from judicial bandits.
“For required punishment and deterrence, I have filed petitions against Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, Justice Olabode Adegbehingbe, and Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Sirajo, to the National Judicial Council and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), over their judgement in the electoral case between Reverend Amos Kumai of the PDP and me.
“The said Justices of the Court of Appeal gave a deliberately skewed judgement against me, which should be critically looked into.”
