‘Retired judges should handle tribunal for fair justice’- Afe Babalola

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, has suggested that retired judges and respectable SANs should constitute tribunal judges with a view to administering justice.

The nonagenarian, who spoke at an event in Ado-Ekiti to mark his 60th anniversary at the Bar on Monday, said the judiciary needs a total overhaul.

“Our judiciary today needs a total overhaul and you cannot do it without a new constitution. I have about three cases myself in respect of matters arising from the university.

“For the past four years, these cases have been on. We have some judges here, the headquarters won’t be able to sit for many months because they are handling what they call election petitions.

“Election petitions should not be handled by sitting judges, they should be decided only by the committee set up consisting of senior advocates and retired judges in that case regular courts would not close down,” Babalola stated.