NIGERIA – Kebbi’s female Acting Chief Judge petitions NJC over Gov. Bagudu’s refusal to confirm her for “being Christian”

The acting Chief Judge of Kebbi State, Elizabeth Asabe Karatu, has written a petition to the National Judicial Council over Governor Atiku Bagudu’s refusal to confirm her as substantive chief judge of the state.

In the petition exclusively obtained by DAILY NIGERIAN, the acting chief judge said politics of religion and her firm belief in justice and fairness are some of the reasons the state governor denied her rights despite the recommendation of NJC.

On January 17, 2019, the Kebbi State House of Assembly also confirmed Mrs Karatu as substantive chief judge of the state, but the governor refused to act on the Assembly’s confirmation.

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