G5 Comment: CSO Tasks CJN On Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility

The Coalition of Civil Society Group for Transparency and Good Governance (CCTGG) has advised the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola to abstain from partisan politics and adhere strictly to professional ethics of the law profession.

This is even as the organisation stressed that the country cannot have a successful democracy without a fair and impartial judiciary.

The executive director, CCTGG, Manzo Abubakar, disclosed this while speaking during a briefing in Abuja yesterday, days after the CJN expressed happiness that governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State aligned himself with the PDP G5 governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

The comment of the CJN during the inauguration of a project built by Wike had sparked controversies, with some individuals and groups alleging that it smacked of partisanship.

Reacting to this development Abubakar said the organisation considered the CJN’s statements as double standard.

He said: “As we all know, this is the era of aggressive and even unconventional politicking, so, there’s nothing that will not be heard or seen at this crucial time, especially between now and February 2023, when the general elections will be conducted.