Lagos Chief Justice inaugurates two election tribunals
Lagos Chief Judge, Justice Kareem Alogba inaugurated two election petition tribunals to look into disputes arising from July 24 Local Government elections in the state.
The first tribunal has Justice Babajide Candide-Johnson as Chairman and sit at Ikeja High court. It will take petitions from Lagos mainland. The second panel ta has Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo as chairman and sit at former Federal High court complex at Central Business District at Alausa, Ikeja.
Inaugurating the two panels, Justice Alogba charged the panels to let integrity and transparency be their watch word and not bring the state judiciary into disrepute.
He emphasised: “A lot of confidence is repose in you and a lot of transparency is expected of you. This elections have been keenly contested but there have been accusations and counter-accusations. You are expected to be as white as snow and I know you will not do less because it is because of your integrity that made us appoint you.”
He further reminded them that attempts would be made to compromise them “but we selected you because we know you are above compromise and we pray God to make you to remain above compromise.”
He also explained that the setting up of the election petition tribunals is a statutory provision that must be made after an election is conducted and that same law empowered his office to set up the tribunals to look into disputes arising from the Local government elections.
He assured that the two panels have been carefully constituted and their members selected “based on their integrity, diligence and their impeachable character and good track record in many capacities. They are judicial officers in whom I have trust,” he added.
Suzan O/NAN
