The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday rejected calls by some stakeholders to increase the retirement age of judges and make them life benchers.
Thompson Okpoko, who represented the body of SANs, said this on Monday while delivering his speech at the valedictory session in honour of Justice Ejembi Eko, who was retiring having attained the age of 70.
Okpoko said that while some stakeholders have called for the upward review of the retirement age for judges, others have suggested that supreme court justices should be made life benchers as in the United States’ supreme court.
“This suggestion looks attractive, especially against the backdrop of frequent retirement in recent years of justices, who look very well and strong at their retirement age.
“They are however not feasible for now as our country is not developed and mature enough to adopt the retirement age of justices of the USA,” he said.
