NJC replaces Salami with Galadima, ex-supreme court judge

October 31

14:20 2017

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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has appointed Suleiman Galadima, a retired justice of the supreme court, as the new chairman of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO).

NJC announced this in a statement by Soyi Oje, its director of information.

Galadima replaces Ayo Salami, retired president of the court of appeal, who rejected the appointment for personal reasons.

The statement said Galadima and other members of the committee would be inaugurated at the supreme court by 2pm on Wednesday.

“The National Judicial Council under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Mr. Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, has picked a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Mr. Suleiman Galadima, CFR, as the new chairman of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee,” the statement read.

“He is to replace Hon. Justice Mr. Ayo Salami (retired) who excused himself from the committee as the chairman, after initially accepting to serve.

“The committee will be inaugurated tomorrow, Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 by Hon. Justice Mr. Onnoghen, at the Council’s Conference Hall by 2pm.”

The committee has been mandated to “monitor and regularly evaluate the progress and activities of courts designated to try corruption an financial/economic crime cases; advise on practice directions for approval by the chief justice of Nigeria to be applicable in all such courts across the country; advise on the trainings, re-trainings and other refresher programmes for Judges and staff of the designated courts aimed at enhancing their capacities to function effectively”.

In his independence day broadcast, President Muhammadu Buhari said he was expecting a lot from the committee.

Below are members of the committee:

S/N	NAME	DESIGNATION
1	Hon. Justice Suleiman Galadima	Chairman
2	Hon. Justice Kashim Zannah	Chief Judge, Borno State
3	Hon. Justice P.O. Nnadi	Chief Judge, Imo State
4	Hon. Justice Marsahal Umukoro	Chief Judge Delta State
5	Hon. Justice M. L. Abimbola	Chief Judge, Oyo State
6	Mr. A.B Mahmoud	President, Nigerian Bar Association
7	Chief Wole Olanipekun	Former NBA President
8	Mr. Olisa Agbakoba
9	Mr. J.B Daudu
10	Mr. Augustine Alegeh
11	Dr. Garba Tetengi	Member, NJC
12	Mrs. R.I Inga
13	Mrs. Hajara Yusuf	Representative, Ministry of Justice
14	Alhaji Kabiru Alkali Mohammed	Representative, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
15	Olanrewaju Suraju	Representative, Non-Governmental Organisations
16	Ahmed Gambo Saleh, Secretary, NJC	Secretary