Former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, on Saturday advised the Senate against increasing the retirement age of justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal from 70 years to 75 years.
He said some of the judges are not healthy and they regularly travel abroad for treatment.
Justice Salami also claimed that some of them forget easily in addition to memory challenges and further that some of the judges, he told The Nation, do not know their actual age and have been using the declaration of age affidavit.
He said the nation can fill the vacancies from a pool of qualified, experienced, and healthier professionals.
Salami shared his views on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution to increase the age of judges at the apex court from 70 years to 75 years.
He said: “It’s understood that it’s being contemplated to raise the tenure of the Supreme Court justices and possibly those of the Court of Appeal to 75 years within the next couple of weeks. To be precise, before the end of March.
Source: Sobi Fm, The Nation
