By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI
ABUJA — PRESIDENT of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, has instructed his lawyers to terminate the legal proceeding he initiated against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu, following plans to elevate him to the Supreme Court bench.

Justice Ayo Isa Salami and Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu

In a Notice of Discontinuance of the suit, filed on his behalf by his lead counsel, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, Justice Salami maintained that it was needless to go ahead with the matter since the issue in controversy has been resolved.

Meanwhile, a member of the Nigerian inner bar, yesterday, expressed concern over the uncanny quagmire among the country’s leading judicial officers, just as he implored all concerned parties, including the media to “sheath their swords in the interest of the ‘temple of justice.”

The bid to withdraw the suit which also named the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as co –defendants was contained in a Notice of Discontinuance filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on Monday by his team of Senior Advocates led by Lateeef Fagbemi [SAN].