Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has filed a petition a petition at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seeking the removal of four Supreme Court judges over bribery allegations in the Wajir gubernatorial petition.
The judges named in the petition are Mohamed K. Ibrahim, Jackton B. Ojwang, Smokin C. Wanjala and Njoki S. Ndung’u .
Ahmednassir, who represented former Wajir governor Ahmed Abdullahi in the petition, accused the judges of pocketing more than Ksh390 million to influence the outcome of the appeal.
The Supreme Court, on February 15, overturned the decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal to nullify the election of Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi Mahamud.
JSC will have to decide whether the allegations have any substance before giving the judges the chance to respond.
If deemed serious enough, a recommendation will be made to the President to form a tribunal that will test the evidence presented before coming up with a decision on whether or not a judge in question should be removed.