On October 15, Justice Isa Ayo Salami retired from the Appeal Court as its fifth president, thus finally bringing to a close what many describe as the most infamous case of injustice perpetrated by the government and the society against a judicial officer. During a valedictory court session held in his honour last Thursday, the Justice recounted the torment he underwent in the hands of a scheming government and a conniving National Judicial Council (NJC) for refusing to compromise justice in the Sokoto Election Tribunal.
He didn’t need to say a word, though it was good he reminded us once again how the NJC turned coward and the Goodluck Jonathan presidency enacted what could easily pass as the most enduring wickedness ever in Nigeria’s judicial history. The injustice against Justice Salami is now etched in stone, not with hand, but by iconoclastic posterity which is certain to remember him for his judicial valour, and the Jonathan presidency and the NJC for their judicial infamy.
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