The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has summoned the chief judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa, and Imo states to an emergency meeting in Abuja.
The meeting, it was gathered, is not unconnected to the conflicting exparte orders emanating from judges in their jurisdictions.
The CJN is the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC).
No date have scheduled for the meeting.
In a letter of invitation, dated August 30, 2021, the CJN summoned the head of the concerned courts to the emergency meeting to brief him on the incessant granting of the conflicting orders on suits instituted by different political parties before the various courts.
The spokesperson of the NJC, Soji Oye confirmed to journalists that the letter emanated from the CJN, but declined further comment.
The invitation letter reads: “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.”
