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A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afe Babalola has stated that the retirement age of supreme court justices should be increased from 70 to 100.<\/p>\n

According to Afe Babalola,\u00a0the justices become more experienced and wiser as they get older, hence, should be allowed to remain on the bench.<\/p>\n

This call was made by the senior lawyer on Wednesday at the\u00a0virtual launch of books in honour of Bode Rhodes-Vivour, a retired supreme court justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is urgent need for reform of our judicial system. This is with particular regards to age of judges, most especially those at the Supreme Court,\u201d he said in a statement signed by Tunde Olofintila, director, corporate information, Afe Babalola University (ABUAD).<\/p>\n

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\u201cExperience has shown that a person becomes wiser and more experienced as he advances in age. Under our judicial system today, Justice Rhodes-Vivour is retiring at the age of 70 when he has not shown any sign of physical weakness and when Nigeria would have benefitted more from his wealth of wisdom, insight and experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cA brief look at other countries shows that appointment to the Supreme Court<\/a> is a lifetime appointment. There is no age limit for a justice of the Supreme Court to retire. Often times, they stay as long as they probably can.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, many die while in office. But those who opt for retirement, the average age is 78 years. The average retirement age has grown a whooping 103 years in other climes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chancellor of Afe Babalola University also advocated that retiring judges should be allowed to practice law.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven, if judges are not allowed to return to full practice, there should be a measure of participation in law practice that will ensure their relevance in the nation\u2019s development of law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suggest that Nigeria should adopt the quasi-restrictive style, which is in operation in the U.S. whereby a sitting judge may recuse himself in the case of conflict of interest or allow retiring judges to prepare and draft pleadings, motions and appellate briefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Babalola said the position of the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) should not be based on promotion but strictly on merit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know from experience that the best judges are those who have been in active litigation, who have interacted with clients, who have drafted claims and pleadings and who have addressed legal issues at different level of the courts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why in other climes, judges are chosen from seasoned legal practitioners. I recall the case of late Justice Teslim Olawale Elias, SAN.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was appointed as CJN and President, International Court of Justice. He was Attorney-General of the Federation when he was a Professor at the University of Lagos and was invited to the Supreme Court where he eventually became the CJN.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always been an advocate of a new constitution to correct the ills inherent in the 1999 Constitution bequeathed to Nigerians by the military and christened a people\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe truly need restructuring in this country today and that will assist us in many diverse ways as we as enable us have a truly federal constitution as a result of which there would be a change in the mode of election and the type of people we would elect to govern us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Babalola described Nigeria\u2019s constitution as \u201cthe greatest problem\u201d of the country.<\/p>\n

He said the only way Nigeria can change for the better \u201cand pave way for the enhancement of a more united Nigeria is to restructure\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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