The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, NJC, Justice Tanko Muhammad has summoned the chief judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo states for emergency meeting over conflicting experte orders by them
The CJN’s invitation letter dated August 30 2021 seeks the judges briefing on their recent experte orders grated in suits instituted by different political parties before courts in their various states.
Confirming the development to newsmen, the NJC spokesperson, Soji Oye said the meeting will hold sometime this week.
“My attention has been drawn to media reports to the effect that some courts of coordinate jurisdictions were granting conflicting exparte orders on the same subject matter.
“It has become expedient for me to invite you for a detailed briefing on the development. This is even more compelling having regard to an earlier NJC warning to judicial officers on the need to be circumspect in grating exparte applications,” the letter reads.