The National Judicial Council
has recommended a judge of Cross River State High Court, Justice B. T.
Ebuta, for compulsory retirement after the council found him to have
violated the Code of Conduct for judicial officers.
A statement announcing Ebuta’s retirement from the bench was issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by NJC’s Acting Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye.
The statement said that the decision to retire the judge was taken at the NJC meeting held on 1st and 2nd June, 2016.
Pending the time the Cross
River State Governor will approve the NJC’s recommendation, the council
said it, “has in the exercise of its disciplinary powers under the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, suspended
Hon. Justice B. T. Ebuta from office with immediate effect .”
The statement said: “Justice
Ebuta was recommended for compulsory retirement from office to the
Governor of Cross River State, sequel to the findings by the council on
the allegations of abuse of judicial power, suppression and
illegal/forceful takeover of a property in Calabar as contained in the
petition written against him by Dr. (Mrs) Ekanem Cobham.
“The petitioner had alleged:
That Ebuta made an order based on ex-parte application without sitting in court.
That Ebuta granted the said
ex-parte application to unseal her property which was sealed on the
order of a Magistrate Court when her tenant, Mr. Ugochukwu Chijioke
failed to pay rent for two years. She stated that she filed Suit No
MC/RT/12/6/14 at the Magistrate Court, Calabar against her tenant for
failing to pay her rent and judgement was delivered in her favour on
10th November, 2014.
Source: Thisday
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