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The Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Tanko Muhammad, will meet with six state chief judges on Monday (today), over conflicting court decisions that emerged from their jurisdictions.
There are also indications that the CJN will meet with the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association within the week regarding the development.
The Director of Information, National Judicial Council, Soji Oye, confirmed this development to newsmen, Sunday.
“I can confirm that the CJN will be meeting with the chief judges tomorrow (Monday).
“When the CJN summoned the chief judges, the NBA also stated that they were coming to meet the CJN on the same issue. So, it will be later in the week,” he said.
The CJN had also called for the record of proceedings in all the cases in which the conflicting decisions were obtained.
The six chief judges who are to meet with the CJN are chief judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross Rivers, Anambra, Jigawa, and Imo States.