Some lawyers in Port Harcourt. Under the name of concerned laywers forum
made good their promise to protest against Governo Ameachi today. The
protest started about 7 o clock this morning and lasted till about 9 o
clock. The lawyers are protestinf against the failure of the governor to
appoint a chief judge for about five months now. The lawyers blocked
the entrance and exit points in to the court premises and carried
placards with different inscriptions. The lawyers claim that the
governors failure to appoint a chief judge is hampeering the judicial
system as new cases filed within this period have not been assigned to
any court and thus litigants and lawyers are being made to suffer. It
would be recalled that the governor sent two names to the NJC for
approval for the appointment of the new chief judge. The NJC approved
justice D. Okocha to be appointed as the new chief Judge however the
said justice D. Okocha was not governor Ameachi's choice. And so he
disregarded the reccomendation of the NJC and went ahead to appoint the
judge he favoured justice Agumagu asthe acting chief judge. Justice
Agumagu acted for three months and left office and ever since no chief
Judge has been appointed.
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