The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended compulsory retirement of the Grand Kadi of Yobe State, Shu’aibu Talba, and a judge of the Osun State High Court, Justice Abdulkareem Abdulrasaq, for alleged age falsification.
The body made the recommendation during its virtual 93rd meeting where it also approved the appointment of 69 other judicial officers to facilitate justice delivery nationwide.
According to a statement by Soji Oye, NJC’s Information Director, Talba was put up for disengagement after work on a petition by one Malam Zakar Adamu, Chairman, Movement for Justice in Nigeria.
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The document claimed the judge doctored his age on two occasions, noting: “ First from February 1, 1955 to August 27, 1955, and later to December 30, 1959.