There will be no shortcut to justice, fairness in judiciary under my watch – CJN Ariwoola vows

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has asserted that there will be no shortcut to equity and fairness in the dispensation of justice under his watch even as he promised to promote the rule of law and protect the Judiciary.

He emphasized that there is no substitute to the rule of law in any society and called on all and sundry to do everything humanly possible to promote and protect the sanctity of the judiciary.

Justice Ariwoola spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the meeting of the Body of Attorneys General in Nigeria, with the theme ‘”Enhancing synergy between the Federal and States Government on the Administration of Justice in Nigeria.”

The CJN represented by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said, “Judiciary under my watch will not sit by the sidelines and watch the temple of Justice and ministers of Justice being flagrantly chastised and wiped into silence .”

He expressed dissatisfaction with attacks on some courts’ facilities and warned that the courts should not be taken for granted.

“I wish to let whoever cares to listen know that nobody, no matter his or her position in society, should mistake our golden silence for weakness or vulnerability.

The earlier judicial officers and the courts are respected the better for us