Sitting Judges Should Not Preside Over Election Tribunals – Afe Babalola

Eko Hot Blog reports that Aare Afe Babalola says sitting judges should not preside over election petition tribunals to avoid the halt of cases unrelated to elections.

Babalola spoke on Monday in Ado-Ekiti at an event to mark his 60th anniversary at the bar.

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The legal luminary, who is the proprietor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, said the judiciary needed a total overhaul and suggested that retired judges and respectable SANs should constitute tribunal judges.

“Our judiciary today needs a total overhaul and you cannot do it without a new constitution. I have about three cases myself in respect of matters arising from the university.

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“For the past four years, these cases have been on. We have some judges here, but the headquarters won’t be able to sit for many months because they are handling what they call election petitions.

“Election petitions should not be handled by sitting judges, they should be decided only by the committee set up, consisting of senior advocates and retired judges. In that case, regular courts would not close down,” Babalola stated.

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