The National Judicial Council has set up 15 committees to investigate allegations of misconduct against Judicial officers of the Federal and State Courts.
The decision of the council, reached at the end of its 99th meeting, was a sequel to the submission of recommendations of three Preliminary Complaint Assessment Committees which considered 66 petitions forwarded to them by the council from all over the Federation.
In A statement, Director of Information of the NJC, Soji Oye, said the council dismissed the petitions against 51 Judicial Officers of the Federal and State High Courts for either lack of merit, being sub-judice, or being matters for an appeal or that the concerned Judge have retired from service.
Oye said that the council was formally presented with the reviewed Judicial Information Technology Policy which established the general requirements and responsibilities for the Nigerian Judiciary systems and information.
