Judges Welfare are not Neglected but Our Judges wants to live large like crazy politicians, own private jets and live in mansions -Ex Oyo AG, Ojo Adebayo SAN

A former attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Oyo State, Asiwaju Mutalubi Ojo Adebayo SAN has stated that Nigerian Judges are not really neglected and impoverished by the executive arm of government as is really portrayed.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria while reacting to a comment by another Senior Advocate, Akariwe SAN in a Lawyers Social Media platform stated:

My LBS , Chief Akaraiwe, good morning Sir. If the conditions of our Judges are that appalling, why the craze lobbies and untoward romance of the parliament to have their retirement age increased to 70years? I believe that if a system is hellish as they are parading, they should be eager and anxious to exit such a horrible system and not otherwise.

I served as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State between 2011 -2015 and I can tell you for free that anybody who holds the opinion that our Judges are neglected and being impoverished by the executive is just being theoretical and that includes you Sir with greatest respect to you.

Most people seem not to understand the real issues with our Judges. The crux which is yet to be openly said and which perhaps which may never be is that our Judges also want to live large like the politicians and especially like the members of the National Assembly and also like the top class SANs ( not just like any members of the inner bar). Some Nigerian Judges desire to own private jets while to some of them , they should be living in Banana Island or Asokoro or at the Ministers’ Hill. They have forgotten, however , that Nigerian legal politicians are neither normal nor reasonable human beings but some kind of people that are ravingly crazy and mentally deranged. Our politicians are unknown to themselves psychiatry patients but who just refused to seek medical care for their psychotic issues. Otherwise how can any normal and reasonable human being rationalise owning over 10 exotic cars in a household whose members are not more than 5 and more especially in a country where majority are barely struggling daily to eat ? How can a mentally capable person keeps on acquiring properties over properties in a society where the majority are homeless? .It is sad however that some members of our judiciary are competing and comparing themselves with those deluded set of species and are aspiring to be like them.

I stand to be contradicted , a large number of members on our bench today could not afford to buy a micra vehicle before their appointment as a Judge.

Judges that were on our glorious benches before I became a lawyer and even up to few years after I was called to the Bar were largely very conservative persons who live like hermit and were very moderate in their lifestyles and relationships. They were very respected , honoured and worshipped by all and sundry, not because they were rich but because of their compartments and reputations of integrity. They were god-like and above board, yet they were able to meet their obligations because their needs were very limited because they did not have wild ambitions and never dreamed of building castles in the air.

Please let nobody get me wrong, I am not against the holistic improvements of our justice sector and indeed any or all other sectors in this country, but let us clamour for system or institutional improvements and developments as opposed to self or personal improvements and developments that are being sought for in the judiciary today