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Following trenchants attacks on the nation s' judiciary, chief of nigeria CJN, Justice olukayode Ariwoola, has said public opinion no matter how serious or weighty cannot override or supersede constitutional provisions. while admonishing judges to always apply constitutional provisions in deciding each case that may be assigned to them, the CJN said judial officers owe the public and the nation a duty to always work with their conscience, their oath of office and the law while presiding on cases before them. He spoke at the supreme court in Abuja while inaugurating aniother batch of 23 judges for federal high court of Nigeria, yesterday.justice Ariwoola noted that several vitrolic attacks are regularly heaped on the judiciary but it was  crystal clear that public opinion, no matter how serious or weighty it might be, cannot override or supersede the constitution of the country which judges apply in deciding each case. This is bond that you should engrave in your heart and  be well guided by adjudicating in all matters that come before you. thus, your appiontments to the bench at this crucial period of our national history are not by accident but by divine ordination'',.CJN said.