Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, urged the newly sworn-in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to prioritize radical and transformational judicial reforms.
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Agbakoba emphasized the urgent need for a drastic transformation in the judiciary, a cause previously championed by the late Justice Dahiru Musdapher.
In a statement, he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, titled: Need for Transformational Judicial Reforms is urgent,” Agbakoba said: “We are witnessing yet another ritual of handing over of the Judicial baton with the swearing in of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.“But it’s not about swearing in.
It’s about whether we will see radical reforms finally. The last great reform CJN was the Late Dahiru Musdapher!!! I was his consultant on Speed of Justice.“Unfortunately, CJN Musdapher only had 6 months in office.
He set up a high-powered 29-person committee that produced a transformational report. The Late CJN led a team to the then president of the senate, David Mark, to present far-reaching reforms to the constitutional structure of the Judiciary.
As soon as the CJN turned his back everyone forgot about it.“The potential legacy of the new CJN is transformational and radical reform with the fundamental objective of case management driving how the courts work.”
