Members of the
judiciary has been asked to uphold the letters and spirit of the constitution
which it has sworn to protect by following at all times its ethical
codes. President Goodluck Jonathan made the call in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
capital, while commissioning the new Federal High Court Complex in the
city. He said the judiciary cannot afford to fail to carry out this all
important task especially in this trying period of the nation’s history.
Represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, the president said that
is the only way members of the body of benches and the bar can dispel
the negative impressions some members of the public have of the
judiciary. He also stressed that what the country needs at t
his point in its
history is for the political elite and opinion leaders to channel their
intellectual energies towards fostering an objective understanding of
the judiciary in a national development.
According to him, “I wish to call on all well meaning Nigerians especially
the elite and opinion leaders to galvanise their intellectual energies
in the direction of deepening an objective understanding of the workings
of the judiciary in national development. I also wish to call on their lordships and other operators in the body of
benches and the bar to pursue those ethical codes that are the hall
mark of judicial practice. This will to a large extent dispel every form
of unfavourable perception regarding your line of duty."
He said he is aware that it is indeed trying times in our national journey,
having sworn to uphold the letters and spirit of the constitution; "You
cannot afford to fail this time when we have sworn to deliver in all
spheres especially on the rule of law and natural justice," he said, and also added: “the judiciary is leaving up to the expectation
of Nigerians in dispensing justice and it deserves our applause. This
does not, however, mean that it should play to the gallery, rather it is
to serve as a moral booster to earn more praises from Nigerians.”
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