The Judiciary has been another arm of government where the North has undue domination of the Justices of the Federal Court of Appeal in Nigeria. It has, therefore, been facile for the Federal Court of Appeal to be amenable to control by the political party in power.
Record shows that 23 of the 27 Justices of the Appeal Court are from the North while three are from the entire South.
The 27 Judges in the Court of Appeal and their states as follows:
1) Justice P. A. Mahmoud, Benue State
2) Justice F. Ojo, Kwara State
3) Justice I. G. Abundaga Nasarawa State
4) Justice M. B. Idris, Niger State.
5) Justice A. M. Talba, Adamawa State.
6) Justices Kadi M. M. Alkali, Adamawa State.
7) Justice A. I. Adenyangtso, Taraba State.
8) Justice A. S. Umar, Kebbi State.
9) Justice O. Z. Senchi, Kebbi,
10) Justice A. M. Lamido, Sokoto State.
11) Justice B. B. Aliyu, Zamfara State.
12) Justice Ebowei Tobi, Delta State.
13) Justice G.O. Kolawole, Osun State.
14) Justices O. Itodo, Benue State.
15) Justice M. A. Abdul Gafar, Kwara State,
16) Justice D. D. Adeck Nasarawa State.
17) Justice D. G. Mann, Plateau State.
18) Justice D. G. Goji Adamawa State.
19) Justice Kadi U. B. Umar Adamawa State.
20) Justices Y. A. Bashir, Taraba State.
21) Justice Z. B. Abubakar, Kebbi State,
22) Justice I. M. Sani, Kaduna State.
23) Justice F. L. Adamu, Kano State.
24) Justice I. B. Ahmed Katsina State.
25) Justice M Y Uftsha’u, Zamfara State.
26) Justice P. O. Affen, Bayelsa State.
27) Justice O. A. Ipaye, Osun State.
Breakdown:
North – 23
South – 4
From the South: – South-South 2; South West 2; South East 0.