The Abia State House of Assembly has invited the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Umeh Kalu, SAN, to appear before it to explain while he misled Governor Okezie Ikpeazu into swearing-in the wrong person as acting Chief Judge.
DAILY POST recalls that the swearing-in of Justice Obisike Orji as Abia Chief Judge followed the suspension of Justice Theresa Uzokwe by the House.
Recall also that the National Judicial Council, NJC, reversed the action of the Governor, saying that Justice Orji was not the proper person to act.
The council went further to suspend Justice Obisike Orji for accepting to be sworn-in knowing that he was not the most senior Judge in the hierarchy, a rule respected and guarded jealously in the judiciary.
Worried by the embarrassment the action has caused the State and the Governor, the House decided to invite the attorney general who is the chief law officer to come explain why he did not advise the Governor properly.
Meanwhile, the House has recommended the sack of the suspend Chief Judge of the State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, saying that she failed to appear before the House Committee that sat over the petition written against her.
However, in compliance with NJC’s directive, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Monday, sworn-in Justice Onuoha Kalu Ogwe as acting Chief Judge of the state.http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/05/ikpeazu-swears-kalu-new-acting-chief-judge/
In a similar vein, Abia State Government has appealed to the NJC to temper Justice with mercy over the issue of the suspended Justice Obisike Oji. Making the appeal, the Attorney General of the State and Commissioner of Justice, Umeh Kalu, SAN, said that Orji was a victim of circumstance.
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