By Imam Abubakar
A former Head of the Department of Islamic Law, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulRazzaq Abdulmajeed Alaro, mni, has called on judges, lawyers and other judicial officers to shun bribery and corruption in order to redeem the battered image of the nation’s judicial system.
Prof. Alaro, who explained that the growth and stability of every society depend on the quality of its judiciary, made this appeal on Saturday, July 12, 2025, while speaking at the public presentation of some books authored by a retired Grand Kadi of Kwara State, Justice Saliu Olohuntoyin Muhammad, at the Ilorin Central Jumaat Mosque, Ilorin.
The renowned cleric-don, who is a consultant on Islamic financial matters to the Central Bank of Nigeria, said that the nation’s judiciary has transitioned from being the last hope of the common man to a sanctuary of anything goes, saying that only the rich and the powerful appear to be perpetually favoured by a system that has been riddled with corruption.
He added that reports from well-informed local and international agencies confirmed that judgements delivered by the nation’s courts are heavily influenced.
Prof. Alaro urged judges and lawyers,particularly those who are muslims, to emulate the professionalism of the author, Justice Muhammad, and the Kuliya of Ilorin, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN, among others, who he identified as forthright jurists.
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