By Uzoamaka Uche-Ikonne and O. A Uhegbu Professor Chidi Odinkalu’s long-standing advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s judicial system is well known and commendable. However, with respect, his account of what transpired in the Abia judicial appointment process, as presented in his piece “Time to Save Judicial Appointments from Corruption,” is flawed and requires important factual clarification. Furthermore, given his perceived closeness to the Abia State Government, the tone of the article reads more like that of a political aide than that of a Professor of Law who once headed a major federal institution such as the National Human Rights Commission. For the sake of his hard-earned reputation and integrity, it would be better for him to maintain the distance and object...