The National Judicial Council says it has sanctioned a judge serving in the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, with a ban that rules her out of any possible elevation to a higher court throughout her career on the bench.
A statement by the NJC’s Acting Director, Mr. Soji Oye, on Wednesday also said the council warned the judge against any act of misconduct and placed her under its watch-list for four years.
The National Judicial Council says it has sanctioned a judge serving in the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, with a ban that rules her out of any possible elevation to a higher court throughout her career on the bench.
Oye said the NJC headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, took the disciplinary action against Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia, after considering some petitions of alleged misconduct written against her especially the one by Victoria Ayeni alleging misconduct and injustice on the part of Hon. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia for failing to deliver judgment in Suit No FHC/AB/CS/31/2011, a Pre-Election matter between Victoria A. A. Ayeni and Olusola Sonuga and 2 Ors.
Thelightnews reportage.
I wonder what exactly she did to warrant this stiff penalty...please oh,Lawyers in the house come in and explain what type of line a learned one crosses to deserve this kind of punishment...I just think it is too much for unexplained reasons...ah ah....
See stella o.Too much for unexplained reasons? na everything them go tell you? it is obvious that they dont want to give out sensitive information. the have laws guiding them,hence,not in anyone's place to decide what is or isn't appropriate.
ReplyDeleteIvory which kain talk be that. We have a right to know if our judges are justly punished or just political pawns
DeleteSo what would she be working for if she won't be promoted in all her service years? She has stepped on higher toes
ReplyDeleteGood for her. Next time they should learn well
ReplyDeleteYou are just a bitter soul. Even when you don't understand the crime,you already rejoice in the punishment. Her penalty will not improve your impoverish condition so save your strength and think of when next you will eat proper food. Your comments indicate someone whose brain is not getting proper nutrient. Unfortunately,head transplant is not for poor people.
DeleteWhy hath thou painest? Is she thy mother who brought forth the
DeleteKaiii. Finally. This ban is even too small. This woman needs to ve sent back to wheereever she came from. Very rude, saucy, arrogant, highly intimidating, pompous, and unprofessional. That's how she will be doing as if she cannot shit. Intimidating lawyers in her court.
ReplyDeleteAnon biko how true is it that she is a crack head too?
DeleteThe question is, what did she do to warrant the penalty.
DeleteYou might be judging her as intimidating because you are either having inferiority complex or you are not very intelligent.
So,what crime did she commit?
Yes now I even heard that once during trial she tasted the evidence (cocaine) and said ahh, this one is malasia, this one is China, she convicts like crazy, vey vindictive, saw her drilling an accused like a caring mother then she sentenced him to 13years
DeleteHer own too much for body, she sends lawyers out of her court for noise making
I don't even bother going to court when I see its her court cuz na Africa Magic court she be
Yes she is @stranger. & she's very saucy & unprofessional. I heard her pants alws on fire too. A colleague resigned as her researcher cos she wnted his ponyonyo but d guy no get mind. So he resigned. She's even on another friend's case. This woman gist no be here. Too messy! #themsaythemsay #nosmokewithoutfirethough
DeleteMadam Stella, this woman sure deserves this. The abuse of power by this woman is unprecedented, she has no courtesy whatsoever for the lawyers at the bar. She has held me personally to Ransome in court at the federal high Court, Abeokuta till 8pm before . she knows court sits by 9am and lawyers had been there waiting only for her to stroll in at 6.30pm with no apology whatsoever and still adjourned my case for no reason. In over 1year that my case was there, it never got to the trial stage not to talk of judgment. She insults lawyers and all. She once told a lawyer to crawl out on her knees before just cos she claimed she was side talking.I can go on and on, and she will tell you no one can do anything to her cos she knows people........
ReplyDeleteHer equivalent must be Jsc Titi Daibu. She is also everything you described.
DeleteYeah. So true.
DeleteStella, this woman is actually very mean. She abuses power. Thin line between being incorruptible and being rude and evil.
The next one will be olatoregun of FHC! Gosh! She's so mean. So wicked.
a good judge shud be neutral, attentive and listen, not an arrogant twerp.
Good, this is what I wanna hear. Atleast,an insight to the things she did that called for the punishment.
DeleteAnon 9.07,I totally agree with you.The woman has a horrible character.Very rude to lawyers.Very incompeten too.Never keeps to time.Once she goes on recess,that's it for the day.
DeleteHmmmmmm, Stella u don't know what she did to deserve such still penalty, at the same time u think it's to much? Nwawooo 4 u!
ReplyDeleteEeehhhhh my colleague must hear. I was in her court on Tuesday. God is she rude! Telling counsels she is made and nobody can bring her down! That anybody that likes should petition her. She went for break three times. I left court past 4 since morning. It just means she won't be considered for promotion. Na there she go retire. So much for she is untouchable. Oba alaseju alasete
ReplyDeleteI heard she hardly likes people but when she does and you are a young bobo, oh my gawd....
DeleteThis is really bad, imagine being pegged in a position for ever. Am guessing it could be bribery related since the office that brought the issue to limelight is election related, even if that is the case it's well known that almost all the judges are guilty of this same offense so why single her out for this grave penalty? Or is she the only one caught red handed? If it's someone else from another zone of the country am sure the punishment wouldn't be this stiff as a matter of fact, the case may not even be exposed.mcheeeew.
ReplyDeleteYou are a disgrace to your generation....wailer of first class order!!!!! Ipob chalant.
DeleteU r so dumb. I hope ur kids don't be like you.
DeleteMadam go back and read what you wrote!! Dont bring up tribe shit here. She is obviously one out of d many judges my Dh complains bitterly about and I guess its pay back time. So swallow your hate speech and shut that hole in your face up till you have something sensible to spew!
DeleteMustapha,don't say what you don't know.This woman deserves every punishment she gets and even more!!
Deleteabeg Stella, This her punishment is not enough, she should have been removed from the bench totally, I'm sure a lot of fellow lawyers will agree with me..this woman ehn, she's like a demi-god. She does as she please, several cases in her court that have not been heard once after being assigned to her 3years ago.
ReplyDeleteGood for them.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's because of corruption,if not nothing will warrant such action.
ReplyDeleteMy 1billion cents.
I was expecting to see her horrendous crime(s) for this harsh penalty but none. Ha!
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know of this woman, she deserves worse oh.
DeleteIn saner climes, she would have been out of the bench long ago.
It's always a shocker for people that practice law in different jurisdictions to come home and see the abuse of power. Even those who practice medicine in different countries can relate with this
Very useless judge, I wish she was dismissed instead.
DeleteBona u Don't say!
DeleteNa wah o! Even Sassy attested to the woman's unprofessional ways.
I hope others Like her who abuse power now know No one is Above d Law.
See "humblement"
I dont know much about her apart from the little gossip here and there. I leave her to te people wey fit know. Sisi eko abeg cone give us small gist.
ReplyDeleteWatching brief at the moment and all I am seeing is otumokpo on fleek.
ReplyDeleteStells, actually, there are stiffer sanctions like outright dismissal/sack or a compulsory retirement. She's still a sitting judge for all intents and purposes, just that she is on 4 year probation and will never ascend to an higher court.
ReplyDeleteWhat that means is, she will remain at the Federal High Court until she retires, one way or another. Ordinarily, a High Court Judge can be elevated to the position of a Justice of the Court of Appeal and finally, a Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC), which is the highest level at the bench and any serious minded judge strives for several elevations during his/her career at the bench before retirement. Unfortunately, she may as well kiss goodbye to any such aspiration due to the ban.
The word "misconduct" is all encompassing. Any abuse of a judge's judicial powers, comes under misconduct. Accepting bribes, gross judicial rascality, disregarding the professional ethics etc, all come under misconduct. However she was pegged as failing to deliver judgment on a pre-election petition, as one of the many petitions levelled against her. It appears this was the last straw that broke the already injured proverbial camel's back. The judiciary protects its own so for Justice Ajumogobia to be publicly shunned, she must have really overstepped her bounds. She's still a sitting judge albeit under probation, that's why the NJC was silent on the other alleged misconduct.
This will certainly act as a deterrent to other Judges guilty of similar offences.
Well said
DeleteOh Ronalda!!! Where have you been? How I missed your comments?
DeleteMy first love where have you been? Doppelganger has taken over
DeleteEnd time punishment
ReplyDeletestella this woman harsh no be small o. I have appeared severally before her and she often humiliates lawyers but i like her in other aspects sha o. She is very beautiful, infact this picture did not do her justice, she is also very cultured and graceful, infact she talks and acts like an english lady( i mean part of the english nobility not just an english woman). This penalty is too stiff abeg
ReplyDeleteOn that case,you don't know her @all.
Delete**in**
DeleteShe's a beautiful woman,I agree but very far from being cultured and graceful.
DeleteI hear she is very insulting towards lawyers in her court. Extremely so. Hm so no be lie dem dey gist me
ReplyDeletenor b small something
ReplyDeleteStella,leave trash for LAWMA where this woman is concerned o.I did my court attachmentat federal High Court,Ikoyi.In her own court,these allegations against her have been pilling up for years.You needed to see the way she treated Lawyers in her court.With so much disrespect.The only people she had respect for were SANs.So many things really but let me just keep quiet.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't even respect SANs
DeleteNa wa o , this is serious
ReplyDeleteFinally. .... this woman is just incorrigible. ....annoying..... n feels she s d law herself. ...... this one is small self. ... Charis
ReplyDeleteFinally. .... this woman is just incorrigible. ....annoying..... n feels she s d law herself. ...... this one is small self. ... Charis
ReplyDeleteHmmmm stella, this one is too small!! This woman deserves to be removed from the bench totally!!! Stella this woman can kill any lawyers career with her words and actions. I happen to be in court one day when a lawyer just mentioned that the matter was supposed to come up on the last adjourned day but my lord was very strong, she asked does that mean she was sick, the lawyer said no oo my lord cannot be sick.. Stella what this woman said that day made me vow never to enter that court again. She said it's u and ur generation will die with sickness, I have said it and it will happen, I am the one they call a witch and I have said so, your generation will be so sick no money can cure them.. Stella this man was in shock, almost in tears as he couldn't even say anything and she went ahead to dismiss the case.. Stella trust me every lawyer that has been to her court will tell you this punishment is too small for her. Trust me she should have been removed.
ReplyDeleteStella I had to go annoynymous for this one. She is tough as nails and not in a good way, she sits by 11 as opposed to the mandated 9am and she will listen to two cases then go on a 'short tea break' which means she won't be back till 3pm. Mind you she has about 30 cases on the list so when she comes back she will tell the rest of us to take adjournments cos the weather is too hot for her fair skin. I have 3 cases pending before her and the last time she heard me in any of them was February 2013, everyday I go is adjournment. If you are female and ur make up is on point I pity you. She will just look for a way to pick on you and embarrase you in court and this is really strange cos she really is beautiful and shouldn't ever feel threatened. The only way your case can make progress in her courtroom is if you are a senior advocate or your surname is well know ( yep she is elitist as well) all this will not be so bad if she really knows the law but that's another zero, listen to her judgements and proceedings and u will just be sad for the Nigerian legal system. If another judge had commited the number of offences or had as many petitions written against them, they will be disbarred completely but Ofili's connection are too strong. I hope all young lawyers see her as how not to abuse your position.
ReplyDeleteSisi Eko
DeleteSo on point!!
DeleteAnonymous 12:36 it's not me oh biko. If I had this to say I'll do so with my ID. There's nothing to fear. I no send.
Deletepride goes before a fall.....you think you are untouchable abi? make we see wetin your connection go do for you...
ReplyDeleteNa pride
ReplyDeleteThis woman... At last. She has np rgards for anyone.she disgraces and humiliates laqyers in her court.
ReplyDeleteOnly Wonder how those that work at her law firm cope. It must be hell especially for the females. She's horrible! Once your makeup is nice, she will look for a way to embarrass you if appearing before her, even if you are well prepared and fully aware of what you are saying. Tufiaaa!
ReplyDeleteStella, I feel so pained for this cheap punishment given to this mad woman. I appeared before her In FHC Abeokuta and she made me hate courts. She sat only once out of four times and she sat at 2pm from 9am. She abused and insulted lawyers that day hen, then after calling two matters, she went on break and we waited till 7, only for her to call that she wasn't feeling fine. in any sane country, this woman should have been debarred by now. shame
ReplyDeleteShe is the very worst...she can insult your life anywhere,so many instances of her nastiness that i have lost count...She sees herself as God re-incarnated.She totally deserves more than this but am happy anyways.
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