Ayo Salami Suspended Court of Appeal President Isa Ayo Salami yesterday appeared before the five-man Reconciliation Committee of the National Judicial (NJC).
He is to return to the panel again on April 26 after it will have met with other stakeholders, including former Chief Justice of Nigeria Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
Justice Salami, The Nation learnt, was invited last Friday by the panel, which is headed by the Deputy Chairman of the NJC, Justice Aloma Mukhtar.
Other members of the panel are Justice Pius Aderemi (rtd JSC), a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, the Chief Judge of Benue State and the Chief Judge of Taraba State.
A source said "the committee asked Justice Salami to explain what led to the crisis of confidence between him and ex-CJN Katsina-Alu.
"They also sought his opinion on how he thinks the matter could be resolved," the source said, pleading not to be named because he is not permitted to speak with the media.
"Justice Salami took his time on what happened and how the Babalakin Panel, the Abdullahi Committee, the NBA Committee and the Uwais Panel looked into the matter.
"After a lengthy session, the panel gave Justice Salami April 26 for further interaction after consultations with all parties to the crisis."
Another source said: "Justice Salami repeatedly explained his innocence, insisting that there was no leakage of the judgment of the Sokoto Appeal Tribunal.
"The session was sober after the suspended President of the Court of Appeal made his submissions."
A member of the Justice Aloma Mukhtar panel, who spoke in confidence, said: "We have started reconciliation talks with Justice Salami and other stakeholders, especially a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
"We are hopeful that we will be able to come up with genuine reconciliation and amicable resolution of the matter."
The NJC, last week, raised the five-man panel to reconcile warring stakeholders in the judiciary.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, on October 14, last year set up a 29-member stakeholders’ Judicial Reform Committee, which was headed by a former CJN, Justice Muhammadu Uwais. The committee recommended the reinstatement of Justice Salami and immediate reconciliation of the suspended PCA with Justice Katsina-Alu.
The report of the five-man panel will guide NJC’s recommendations to President Goodluck Jonathan.
He is to return to the panel again on April 26 after it will have met with other stakeholders, including former Chief Justice of Nigeria Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
Justice Salami, The Nation learnt, was invited last Friday by the panel, which is headed by the Deputy Chairman of the NJC, Justice Aloma Mukhtar.
Other members of the panel are Justice Pius Aderemi (rtd JSC), a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, the Chief Judge of Benue State and the Chief Judge of Taraba State.
A source said "the committee asked Justice Salami to explain what led to the crisis of confidence between him and ex-CJN Katsina-Alu.
"They also sought his opinion on how he thinks the matter could be resolved," the source said, pleading not to be named because he is not permitted to speak with the media.
"Justice Salami took his time on what happened and how the Babalakin Panel, the Abdullahi Committee, the NBA Committee and the Uwais Panel looked into the matter.
"After a lengthy session, the panel gave Justice Salami April 26 for further interaction after consultations with all parties to the crisis."
Another source said: "Justice Salami repeatedly explained his innocence, insisting that there was no leakage of the judgment of the Sokoto Appeal Tribunal.
"The session was sober after the suspended President of the Court of Appeal made his submissions."
A member of the Justice Aloma Mukhtar panel, who spoke in confidence, said: "We have started reconciliation talks with Justice Salami and other stakeholders, especially a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
"We are hopeful that we will be able to come up with genuine reconciliation and amicable resolution of the matter."
The NJC, last week, raised the five-man panel to reconcile warring stakeholders in the judiciary.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, on October 14, last year set up a 29-member stakeholders’ Judicial Reform Committee, which was headed by a former CJN, Justice Muhammadu Uwais. The committee recommended the reinstatement of Justice Salami and immediate reconciliation of the suspended PCA with Justice Katsina-Alu.
The report of the five-man panel will guide NJC’s recommendations to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The President is empowered to determine Justice Salami’s fate - in line with the process outlined by the Part I, Paragraph I, Section 21(b) of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 292(1)( a)(i).
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