The NJC said that it lacked the constitutional power to carry out such an assignment.
“Is unacceptable to the NJC; as it breaches the 2014 Revised Judicial Discipline Regulations formulated by NJC pursuant to Section 160 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended,” the NJC’s acting director of information, Soji Oye, said in a statement.
Recall that the NJC had condemned the raid of the judges’ homes in Rivers state by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), who acted on President Muhammadu Buhari’s order, two weeks ago.