The newly sworn-in Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, was allegedly denied entry to the United States following a 2020 controversial judgement that declared APC’s Hope Uzodimma as Imo governor, according to Peoples Gazette.
Osun Defender reports that Justice Kekere-Ekun, 66, became the second female chief justice in Nigeria.
She took over the reins of the Nigerian judiciary from Justice Kayode Ariwoola, who clocked the mandatory retirement age of 70 on Thursday.
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According to Peoples Gazette, the U.S. government rejected the visa application of Ms Kekere-Ekun, who was among a panel of justices that sacked PDP’s Emeka Ihedioha from the Imo governorship seat and pronounced Mr Uzodimma winner of the hotly-contested polls, according to Cross River ex-governor Donald Duke.
“Apart from the recent cases, there is another one where number four became number one, the Justices that gave that judgment cannot go to the United States today because they have been denied visas,” Mr Duke said at a memoir launch in February 2023.
The former governor stressed that the jurists who intended to visit the U.S. to attend a legal conference were barred while their accompanying aides were issued visas.
“They want to go on a retreat. Their aides were given visas but they were not given. How much disgrace can we take as a nation before we say enough is enough?” Mr Duke stated.
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