NJC suspends three judges, disciplines six others

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended three judges for one year without pay and disciplined six others for various acts of judicial misconduct in Nigeria. The council, chaired by Chief Justice Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, took the decisions at its 112th meeting on November 3, 2026. Justice Hannatu Mohammed Kabir of the Nasarawa State High Court, Grand Kadi Mohammed Sani Salihu of the Jigawa State Sharia Court of Appeal, and Justice Sobere Biambo of the Rivers State High Court were suspended.

Justice Kabir was sanctioned for unlawful detention of a litigant for 58 days without proper contempt proceedings, while Grand Kadi Salihu was suspended for reopening a judgment delivered by the FCT Upper Area Court and violating the Revised Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers. Justice Biambo was suspended for issuing bench warrants and imposing fines on litigants in a civil dispute without due process.

The council also barred two of the judges from elevation for three years and issued warning letters and cautions to the remaining four judicial officers involved in the misconduct.

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