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February 15, 2019
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJNJustice Tanko Muhammad has warned judges that will handle election petitioncases to avoid any form of partisanship.
Justice Muhammad gave the admonition duringthe swearing in of seventeen additional judges that will serve as Chairmen andMembers of election petition tribunals for the 2019 polls.
He urged them to submit themselves to thesanctity of the rule of law and supremacy of the constitution in the dischargeof their judicial functions.
He remanded them that their appointment toserve in the tribunals is well conceived, and therefore tasked them to doeverything within their ability to justify the confidence reposed in them.