ABUJA -The National Judicial Council, NJC, Friday, wielded the big stick against Justice Abubakar Talba of an Abuja High Court, after he was found guilty of handing an “unreasonable” sentence to a self confessed pension thief, John Yakubu Yusufu.

The Council, Friday, suspended the embattled trial Judge for one year, saying he should not be entitled to any form of remuneration within the period.

Talba had on January 28, directed Yusufu to pay a fine of N750, 000, shortly after the accused person who was a former Deputy Director in the pension office, admitted before the trial court that he conspired with six other civil servants and stole about N23billion from the Police Pension Fund.

Though section 309 of the Criminal Procedure Act, CPA, upon which the accused person was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, gave the court the choice of sentencing the accused to a maximum of two years imprisonment with a fine, however, Justice Talba, used his discretion and ordered Yusufu to  only pay fine and go home.

Meantime, following public outcry and a petition that was filed by the Anti-Corruption Network, led by a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, NJC, summoned Justice Talba, and ordered him to file his defence to the allegation that he was bribed by the convicted pension thief.

Though Talba blatantly denied his alleged convivial relationship with Yusufu, however, the NJC, in a press statement it issued Friday, found him culpable, accusing him of judicial recklessness.

Consequently, the Council handed him a one year suspension without pay, maintaining that he failed to exercise his discretion judicially and judiciously.
SOURCE: Vanguard Newspapers.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/pension-thief-verdict-justice-talba-bags-one-year-suspension-without-pay/

nice one

hope he has no right of appeal

Just a year suspension without pay He should be expelled for life and manhandled by security personnel, just for the fun of it.

NICE

Followed next, EFCC should begin investigation on his finances and if they find something suspicious, they should bring him to book. If our judges and justices can seat up and not turn a blind eye, if they can uphold the law like they should, corruption will not go unpunished.

Dis Guy: nice one

hope he has no right of appeal

And the same arm of Government sentenced another person to death by hanging for stealing #2k @ dt.

Little does one wonder why their representing symbol has to do with a blind folded woman.

Shouldn't that ridiculous judgement on Yusufu be overturned? EFCC should go on appeal abeg.

Nice, but one year is still not enough. He should have been expelled.

Ok, the trial judge has being put to his place for stupidly giving in to corruption when it is blindingly obvious that his judgement has being doctored from the stolen money. My problem however is with the man with the money, what has being done to that thief, because I for all that is sacred know that justice was not dished out that day. If NBA or whoever it wad that punished the trial judge know that the trial is flawed, a retrial should be hastingly embarked on and as always, Nigerians are looking. We are no longer siddon and hail all the thieves in government anymore. Naija don tear eye.

Dude doesn't need the money at all.
Its likely he already had more than enough from the largess of the thief.

maybe d judge no do maths 4 skul.