Furthermore, the conditions specified under section 292(1 )(a)(ii) of the Constitution for the exercise of the power of removal must be satisfied before such power can be validly exercised by both the Governor and the House of Assembly. This is because any exercise of power to remove a chief judge must be based on his:

Combating corruption in Nigeria has been an uphill task. While many believe that the anti-graft war will remain rudderless until there is a strong commitment from the highest level of government, others argue that the courts have been the greatest cog in the wheel of the anti-graft war.

Kavita Pandit is a profes-sor of Geography from University of Georgia, Athens, USA. She delivered the convocation lecture at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED), Otto/Ijanikin last week on The Internalisation of Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges.

Today, the New York Times carried a story based on an Amnesty International Report that alleges that about 600 unarmed, recaptured detainees who had been earlier freed when Boko Haram fighters attacked the Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State were re-arrested, and then summarily executed by soldiers in various locations in Maiduguri. “Amongst the testimony gathered by Amnesty International were the voices of witnesses who described what happened when the military found 56 of those who had escaped from the Giwa barracks.

HOWEVER, before the shooting (verbal or guns) starts in earnest, it is necessary for all of us to get familiar with some facts which will not suddenly change and which might guide us when making collective and individual decisions on this matter. These might be called the Iron Laws of our economic (read FOOD) life in Nigeria today. Any rash step and we topple into the abyss – the end of which nobody knows.