{"id":101100,"date":"2022-11-08T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101100"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:43:22","slug":"ill-not-condone-acts-of-recklessness-cjn-warns-2023-tribunal-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ill-not-condone-acts-of-recklessness-cjn-warns-2023-tribunal-members\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll Not Condone Acts Of Recklessness, CJN Warns 2023 Tribunal Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says he will not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from judicial officers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ariwoola said this at the swearing-in of members of the 2023 Election Petition Tribunals in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYour Lordships should count yourselves worthy to be so entrusted with this humongous responsibility of deciding the fate of those that would be contesting elections into various political offices in the country in 2023.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou are not known to possess some supernatural powers to perform wonders, I can confidently assure you that society will certainly expect the impossible from you as members of Election Petition Tribunals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTherefore, I will not condone any act of recklessness, abuse of power and public trust. This is a rare privilege and you must give a good account of yourselves\u2019\u2019.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the CJN, \u201cthere is virtually nothing that has not been seen or heard before, but you should be ready to see and hear more, especially as you begin to adjudicate on election matters in 2023.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEven though I rejoice with you on this very important appointment, I still sympathise with you for the many troubles, inconveniences, verbal assaults and all sorts of uncomplimentary remarks that will be made about you by various litigants.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are all human, no doubt, but you display the humanism in you by doing those extraordinary things that people would ordinarily say you cannot do.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat is what distinguishes those with integrity and passion for success from those with unenviable pedigree and dysfunctional moral compass\u2019\u2019.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that trust is a burden but judicial officers must discharge it with utmost sincerity, honesty and transparency because conscience is an open wound healed only by the truth.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou must rise and operate above every sentiment that might play out in the course of your adjudication in the various tribunals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is no doubt that temptations, tribulations, intimidations and even sheer blackmails may be unleashed on you; but as thoroughbred Judicial Officers, you must gird your loins to rise above them and do what will earn you accolades from your Creator, and also from the court of public opinion.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is no mountain too high to scale; and there is no goal too difficult to achieve as far as you have firmly resolved to attain greater heights in life\u2019\u2019.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He warned them that all eyes are on them and that they should therefore always remember that their conduct will be publicly dissected and thoroughly scrutinised.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo what is right in our law books and you will have your names etched in gold.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo what is at variance with your conscience and you will get a scar that will terminally dent your ascension to greater heights in life.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBe guided by good conscience and enjoy the best that the Nigerian Judiciary can offer you,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says he will not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from judicial officers. 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