Judiciary workers lock out judges, lawyers, others as NLC, TUC begin strike

Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), connected Monday, locked retired judges, lawyers, unit and litigants from accessing courts successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) successful compliance with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC)’s directive.

The News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) cheque astatine the FCT High Court, Maitama; the Federal High Court (FHC); the Court of Appeal; and the Supreme Court showed that tribunal activities were wholly paralysed arsenic JUSUN members positioned themselves extracurricular the heavy locked gates.

Private information guards and a fewer constabulary officers were besides sighted astir the tribunal gates, arsenic lawyers, litigants, and visitors, including journalists, were not allowed introduction into the courts’ premises.

Comrade Samuel Ikpatt, Chairman of the FHC Chapter of JUSUN, said successful an interrogation with NAN, that the national was successful full compliance with the directive of the NLC that workers should down-tool opening today.

“We are the affiliates of NLC. So we are successful full compliance with the onslaught action, including each our divisions,” helium said.

According to him, nary tribunal is sitting.

When asked if lawyers are being allowed to summation entree to the high-rise building, helium said, “There is cipher wrong the courts due to the fact that we are successful full compliance with the directive.”

On erstwhile the gross would beryllium opened, Ikpatt said, “Until, erstwhile we get a directive from our genitor body, which is the NLC.”

Also speaking, Comrade Mohammed Danjuma-Yusuf, who is the Treasurer of the JUSUN Chapter of the Court of Appeal, told NAN that they were complying with the NLC’s directive.

“So the Court of Appeal is successful full shutdown; 100 percent compliance. All 20 branches of the Court of Appeal are successful full shutdown.

“Nobody is allowed in, adjacent judges,” helium said.

Danjuma-Yusuf said the gross would beryllium opened erstwhile the national received a directive from the nationalist office of the NLC.

NAN reports that the NLC and TUC had, connected May 31, declared an indefinite strike, opening today, June 3.

The organised labour decided to embark connected concern enactment aft the negotiations betwixt them and the authorities implicit workers’ minimum wage were deadlocked.