Shun favouritism, corruption – Benue Chief Judge tells magistrates 

The Chief Judge of Benue State, Justice Maurice Ahemba Ikpambese, has urged magistrates successful the authorities to debar favouritism, corruption and different forms of judicial misconduct that could undermine nationalist assurance successful the judiciary.

Ikpambese gave the informing connected Friday during a strategical gathering with magistrates successful Makurdi, according to a connection by the Protocol Officer of the Benue State High Court of Justice, David Jooli.
He said corruption is not constricted to accepting bribes, stressing that favouritism, maltreatment of discretion, unnecessary adjournments, manipulation of tribunal records and allowing idiosyncratic oregon governmental interests to power judgments besides magnitude to corruption.

“The infinitesimal a judicial serviceman allows political, financial, social, ethnic, spiritual oregon idiosyncratic considerations to power a decision, justness ceases to beryllium and nationalist assurance successful the judiciary begins to erode,”he said.

The Chief Judge besides urged magistrates to debar unnecessary adjournments, present judgments promptly and proceed updating their ineligible knowledge.

Responding, Chairman of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN), Benue State Branch, Regina Alashi, assured the Chief Judge that magistrates would uphold integrity, trim delays successful the medication of justness and prolong nationalist assurance successful the judiciary.