NATIONAL JUDICIARY COUNCIL BANS JUSTIC RITA OFILI OJUMOGOBIA

Justice  Ojumogobia

It is generally said that “ what goes up must come down”, the law has caught hold of Justice Ojumogobia which has resulted her been baned from practicing law for the next four years.

The council has put her on watch. Justice Ojumogobia of the Lagos Division of  Federal High Court has been barred from the court for the rest of her entire carrier. The barred justice refused to deliver judgement to a case of election petition while in Ogun division.She was accused of adjourned the case twice with delivering judgement. The council said she abused judicial power while refusing to deliver judgement to election petition petition suit after parties in the suit No. FHC/ AB/CS/31/2011, had argument on May 22, 2012 in Abeokuta.

The judgement, which was first fixed for judgement on July 10, 2012 and June 14, 2014 never, saw the light of the day, as the judge never gave her verdict on the matter.

According to AIT News,Angered  justice was denied in the matter, a party, Mrs. Victoria A. A. Ayeni wired a petition to the NJC. Ayeni, an aspirant for the Ogun State House of Assembly, accused Justice Ofili-Agumogobia of a ‘compromising posture’ and asked the NJC to investigate the judge, insisting that the judge twisted her judicial powers against her since 2011.

Mrs. Victoria, besides, she accused the judge of deliberately delaying the matter filed on June 2, 2011 through an Originating Summons, but hearing never commenced until May 22, 2013 after seven adjournments.

This, Mrs. Victoria said, “was obvious that the judge compromised her position as while waiting for the commencement of the matter, Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia was transferred to the Lagos Judicial Division, adding that it took several months before the Chief Judge directed that the matter be concluded”.