I Will Never Be Obeisant To Any Regardless Of Office - CJN Tanko Mohammad

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammad has shown his high spiritedness towards his new job by saying he is ready to lay down his life to defend the country's judiciary.

He made this statement at the annual general conference of the NBA (Nigerian Bar Association) in Lagos.

In his speech, he stated that the independence of the judiciary is very paramount and he won't be obeisant to anybody irrespective of the persons position.

According to him, "the judiciary will dish out justice without fear or favour and I am ready to defend the independence of the country's judiciary, even if it means laying down his life.

Mohammad said he feared no one and appealled to stakeholdersin in the justice system to allow judiciary do it's job . He said: "By the Grace of Almighty God, I will keenly hold on on to that even until that very moment of my last breath on earth. Let me assure this assembly, we don't look at anybody's face or feelings before making our decisions".

He assured that by the grace of God, the future looks bright for the judiciary.

"Since my appointment as the Chief Justice, my focus has been on reinventing our processes, providing speedy and quality administration of justice, strengthening our structures from the supreme court to other courts of records and stamping out corruption from the system", he added.