The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed, has inaugurated the 2015 election tribunals for the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
While calling on the various panels to ensure that justice is done to any case before them in line with the law, the Chief Justice warned that the National Judicial Council would not spare anyone found wanting, in the cause of his duties.
He urged the election tribunals members not to allow any political party or politician to derail the task assigned to them.
Channels Television’s correspondent, Amaka Okafor, reports that over 200 judicial officers, comprising of justices of the appellate court, the High Courts and Chief Magistrates converged on the Supreme Court in Abuja on Tuesday.
They gathered in line with section 133 of the Electoral Act, which stipulates that election petition tribunals must be established 14 days prior to the elections and their secretariat must open seven days to the elections.
Soon after the Chief Justice arrived in company of other justices of the Supreme Court, the judicial officers took their oath of allegiance.
After the ceremony, the Chief Justice urged members of the tribunals to do justices to cases before them with honesty in line with the law and not by personal conviction or affiliations.
Having been inaugurated, the various tribunals will now wait for the election petitions to begin proceedings.
