THE
reinstatement of suspended President of the Appeal Court, Justice Isa
Ayo Salami, may not be a straightforward affair after all given
developments on Monday.
For one, there were
conflicting signals as to the whereabouts of the National Judicial
Council’s letter recommending Salami’s reinstatement to President
Goodluck Jonathan. While sources at the Presidency told one of our
correspondents that Jonathan was still awaiting the NJC letter, a senior
official at the Commission insisted that the said letter had been
dispatched since last Friday.
The NJC resolved last
Thursday to recommend to the President the reinstatement of Salami, nine
months after he was suspended by Jonathan on August 18, on the
recommendation of the NJC.
“The President has not
been informed of the decision by the NJC to reinstate Justice Ayo
Salami. He (President) has only read it in the newspapers like every
other Nigerian,” a top source at the Presidency told one of our
correspondents at the Villa at 4.30pm on Monday.
The NJC official who asked not to be named said, “It (letter) has been sent. It was sent on Friday.”
Asked further to clarify
reports that the NJC has yet to write Salami to inform him of the
decision to reinstate him, the source said the Council had also sent a
letter to the suspended PCA on the matter.
He said the two letters, one to Jonathan and the other addressed to Salami, were written at the same time.
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