The affected Judges are Justice O. Gbajabiamila of the Lagos State High Court and Justice Idris Evuti of the Niger State High Court.
The statement issued in Abuja Tuesday was signed by the Acting Director of Information of the council, Mr Soji Oye.
The recommendation for Gbajabiamila's retirement is as a result of allegations contained in a petition against him by one Mr C. A Candide Johnson (SAN). The allegation was that he delivered judgment in Suit No. ID/1279/ P. K Ojo Vs SDV and SCOA Nigeria Plc, 22-months after written addresses were adopted by all the counsel and 35 months after the close of evidence in the suit.
This, the council said, was contrary to the constitutional provisions that judgments should be delivered within a period of 90 days.
Justice Idris Evuti was said to have falsified his age after he changed his date of birth from Sept. 15, 1950 to April 10, 1953.
According to the statement, the council said a committee to investigate the age falsification found from the records made available to it that the judge used three different dates of birth.
The council also recommended to the Government of Niger State, that salaries received by Evuti from Sept. 2015 till date should be deducted from his gratuity and remit same to the NJC that pays judicial officers in the federation.
In a similar issue, the council also recommended that Justice Tanko Usman of the Niger State High Court, who had retired in March 1, should refund salaries received from June 2015 when he ought to have retired.
The statement said the council had decided to write to the Niger State Government to deduct the salaries received by him from June 2015 when he was supposed to have retired from the bench.
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