Rivers alleges plot by NJC to appoint Okocha as state Chief Judge on June 02, 2014 / in News 12:48 am / Comments BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME Rivers State Government, yesterday, raised alarm over what it said was a surreptitious move by the National Judicial Council, NJC, to privately appoint, through the back door, Justice Daisy Okocha as the Chief Judge of the state and then direct judges in the state to accept directives and instructions from the said judge in that capacity. Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications in a statement, yesterday, said: “This is clearly against the judgment of the Federal High Court which voided NJC’s recommendation of this same judge. “The NJC, to disguise its disrespect for the law and give the impression that it is acting within the law, has planned to christen the said Justice Okocha as an ‘Administrative Judge’ with powers to perform the functions of the Chief Judge, especially the assignment of cases. “Rivers State Government wonders what special interest the Chief Justice in person, and NJC, in general, have in Rivers State and its judiciary as to contemplate such obviously unconstitutional and illegal act against the state judiciary which act is also contemptuous of a Federal High Court’s judgment, which has voided NJC’s recommendation of Justice Okocha for appointment as Chief Judge of Rivers State. “The Rivers State Government wishes to state that by the state’s High Court Law, it is the Chief Judge that has powers to distribute the business of courts, otherwise popularly known as assignment of cases, to judges and not any other person whether known as administrative or most senior judge as the NJC wishes to contrive.” - See more at: vanguardngr/2014/06/rivers-alleges-plot-njc-appoint-okocha-state-chief-judge/#sthash.cCLnJkSD.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:52:01 +0000
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