The Third Schedule, Part 1 of the 1999 Constitution states that only the National Judicial Council (NJC) has the power to recommend removals from office. Part IV of the Constitution further reiterates this law.
Amma da yawa daga cikin masu suka sun kalli waɗannan tuhume-tuhumen a matsayin wata dabara ta rufe bakin ɓangaren shari'a kafin zaɓuɓɓukan da kuma tsorata ɓangaren gwamnati.