NBA kicks against CCB’S probe of Justice John Tsoho, cites exclusive NJC authority

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has kicked against the planned probe of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho by the Code of Conduct Bureau CCB connected alleged non disclosure of immoderate slope accounts successful his assets declaration form.

The umbrella assemblage of lawyers successful the state peculiarly condemned the summons issued to the Chief Judge by the Bureau and demanded its contiguous withdrawal.

In a missive dated March 2, 2026, addressed to the CCB Chairman, the NBA emphasized that Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution grants exclusive authorization and powers to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to analyse and subject serving judicial officers and not specified a assemblage similar the CCB.

The relation described the CCB’s enactment arsenic a breach of Constitutional provisions safeguarding judicial independence.

According to the association, media reports indicated that Justice Tsoho had been invited to look earlier the Bureau to respond to allegations that helium failed to state respective slope accounts successful his plus declaration form, allegedly successful breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.

Describing the improvement arsenic constitutionally troubling, the NBA argued that immoderate investigative oregon disciplinary process initiated against a serving justice without anterior recourse to the NJC would interruption the doctrine of separation of powers enshrined successful the 1999 Constitution.

Citing the Sup...