"No place for corrupt judges at Nigeria’s Industrial Court" - says President

The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Babatunde Adejumo, says judges aspiring to the bench of the court must eschew corruption if they must succeed.

Mr Adejumo said aspiring judges must be incorruptible and hardworking individuals to scale the hurdles of screening.He said the industrial court had been hindered in its mandate of settling trade disputes by the lopsided and faulty way of appointing its members.

He spoke on Saturday at a lecture entitled, “How to Become A Judge of National Industrial Court,” delivered to mark the 2019 Attorney General’s Colloquium in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.

Mr Adejumo said apart from the fact that corrupt judges in the industrial court cannot make headway, their corrupt tendencies would be easily exposed to the public.

“It is important to hint that anyone who may aspire to become a judge of the court must understand the law, most particularly in the area of labour and industrial relations,” he stated.

“He must be of impeccable character; he must abhor corruption and other related vices; he must be hardworking and dedicated with no moral or professional blemish.

"The foregoing is in line with Rule 4 of the 2014 Revised National Judicial Council(NJC) Guidelines and Procedural Rules for the appointment of judicial officers of all superior courts of records in Nigeria.”