The National Judicial Council, (NJC), has sacked the Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice F. B. Andetur, and mandated him to vacate his office with immediate effect.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who is the head of the Council, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, ordered the Taraba CJ to handover to the next most senior Judge in the state.
The statement made available to journalists, said the Council, at the end of its meeting on March 16, recommended the compulsory retirement of Andetur following findings of a committee set up to investigate a petition brought against him by Senator Muhammed Sanusi Dagash.
