 Judges must be bowed when on duty. This will enable people to have more trust in the judiciary when litigation is pouring. This was the submission of Honourable Justice Oladotun Okoji, while speaking during the occasion of a retirement from the Court of Appeal, the report. The valeduty session in honour of Justice Oladotun Adibola Adifok, where Okoji had government functionaries, close associates, family, friends, loved ones, especially legal luminaries, in attendance. The nostalgic moment was filled with glowing tributes for the retired Chief Judge having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70. She has served extremely well. She has been upright. She has served with integrity. She has served, you know, in such a way that she has left footprints in the sands of time in the legal profession. I feel incredibly proud. My mother has served this country diligently with hard work and honesty for over 20, 20 years. And to see her bow out at a time like this with her head held high and her integrity intact, that in itself is definitely something to be proud of and I'm extremely proud of her. Mom is my role model and my mentor. Her career has afforded her or accorded her to be very objective and in how she even trains her children. And also she's taught us, she's instilled in us sort of a legacy of integrity, of always speaking the truth, of always doing what's right, even behind closed doors. Funke Adekoya's son represented the body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria. She cashed in at the moment calling on the government to consider retired judges for special matters such as election petitions. So I take this as an opportunity whilst we are talking about what her leadership will do now that she has left the bench to urge that this is an opportunity for the federal government to consider the use of retired judges for these special matters. Election petitions. I believe that those who file those petitions should be able to afford the costs of paying the remuneration that will be due to the judges who are being called out of retirement to sit over these matters. Justice Adekoya agreed with Mrs. Adekoya's position. One thing I've tried to uphold is hard work, fearlessness, boldness. I encourage our judges, they have to be bold. They should not fear anybody. Once judges are bold then you find that litigation is good. People want to go to court but now nobody wants to come to court. They say go to court as if that's where you get trapped and that's where there are so many appeals being filed with people who don't have any right to, any relief, but because they believe that there will be an ambush somewhere and there will be a technical victory. Speaking with journalist Justice Adekoya Okoji expressed this pleasure at the length of time adjudicated for cases calling for an amendment of the law. Like for instance the time it takes for adjudication is too long, it is too long. Adjudication must be encouraged, that's very important. And then if you saw the speech it's like cases get bogged down because a judge gets elevated and then the case starts again. So all that should stop. The law should be amended so that when a judge retires or is elevated or transferred for whatever reason the case doesn't start from the beginning again, it moves on and we have to move on. Our laws have to move on with the issues we have in the country. We should not depend on Britain or America which has, which have different systems. She maintained that judges should be elected by the judges themselves. Love