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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has nullified the appointment of Justice Peter Agumagu as the Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State.
The court also directed the state governor to comply with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the appointment of an acting chief judge for the state.
The Kengena Unity Forum led by Boma Goodhead and Ajenyanate Samuel had gone to court to challenge Agumagu’s appointment as an acting chief judge of the state by the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
The plaintiff maintained that the state governor erred by appointing an acting chief judge from the Customary Court as against the provisions of the Constitution that the most senior judge from the State High Court should be selected as the acting chief judge.
Agumagu’s appointment last year came on the heels of the retirement of former chief judge of the state, Justice Iche Ndu
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Source: Punch newspaper
The court also directed the state governor to comply with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the appointment of an acting chief judge for the state.
The Kengena Unity Forum led by Boma Goodhead and Ajenyanate Samuel had gone to court to challenge Agumagu’s appointment as an acting chief judge of the state by the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
The plaintiff maintained that the state governor erred by appointing an acting chief judge from the Customary Court as against the provisions of the Constitution that the most senior judge from the State High Court should be selected as the acting chief judge.
Agumagu’s appointment last year came on the heels of the retirement of former chief judge of the state, Justice Iche Ndu
More details here
Source: Punch newspaper
