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Why Salami rejected offer to head corruption cases monitoring committee
Barely a month after he was picked by the National Judicial Council, NJC, to head its Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee, COTRIMCO, former President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Ayo Salami, has rejected the offer.
Vanguard learnt that Salami has already communicated his decision to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen who doubles as Chairman of the NJC.
A source at the NJC confirmed to Vanguard on Thursday that Salami expressed his reservations about the composition of the committee which has 15 members that were drawn from within and outside the judiciary.
The source disclosed that Salami had in his meeting with the CJN, pinpointed three members of the committee he said he would not be comfortable to work with. He was said to have drawn attention of the CJN to the fact that the trio who are senior lawyers, have vested interest in some of the corruption cases the committee would monitor in the exercise of its mandate.
Besides, Salami who himself bowed out of active judicial service in controversial circumstance, was said to have told the CJN that he was not ready to be in the eye of the storm again, saying he would rather prefer to enjoy his retirement in peace. He further drew attention of the CJN to the fact that composition of the committee was already being queried by the public.
Vanguard, October 26, 2017
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