The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen on Thursday warned Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) lawyers not to dabble in corrupt practices. Onnoghen decried misconduct of some senior lawyers which had brought disrepute to the profession. He spoke in Lagos Thursday at the maiden annual lecture of the Body Of Senior Advocates Of Nigeria (BOSAN). Onnoghen said: “I urge you all to shun corruption and avoid all forms of misconduct, because if one is not qualified to wear silk as a judicial officer, he remains unqualified to wear same as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.” Guests at the event included retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Chief Bayo Ojo, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Abubakar Mahmoud, first female SAN Chief ‘Folake Solanke among others. The CJN berated SANs who disrespect judges, advising them to change their ways. He said: “We feel so big, in fact, the way some of you address the Bench, you look down on the judges. Yes, it’s the truth. Let’s talk to each other man to man. You look down on the judges. “…because you have continued in private practice – some branched out – and you become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, you think by virtue of that of that position, the other one no longer has any grey matter in his head. I don’t think you are thinking right. No, it can’t be so.” According to him judges, particularly at the Supreme Court level, were nearly being worked to death. Onnoghen said: “Look at the job of a judge, particularly with political matters all over: nobody wants to do justice to his fellow human being except it goes to court. Even when it gets to court, you are not ready to accept what the court says, whatever the court says, it must have been compromised one way or another. “So, you create these problems and we are there, like these election matters, they have started already, pre-election matters, disputes about (party) congresses all over the place. Good! They will come back to the judicial officer and we’ll work, like at the Supreme Court, we work and we’re almost dropping dead.”]]>

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