Imo assembly moves against NJC’s continuous extension of state acting chief judge

Imo State House of Assembly has codemned the determination of National Judicial Commission, NJC, implicit what it described arsenic continuous hold of the appointment  of the acting Chief Judge of the State.

It alleged that the enactment violated the provisions  of conception 271(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic amended.

Adopting the question moved by the Chairman, House Committee connected Judiciary, besides subordinate representing Oru West Constituency, Dominic Ezerioha, the House called connected NJC to instantly travel the law process by recommending a substantive Chief Judge for assignment arsenic stipulated by law.

Presenting the question termed urgent of nationalist value connected the level of the House, Ezerioha recalled that Section 271(4) of the Constitution empowers the Governor of a State to name a Chief Judge connected the proposal by NJC, taxable to confirmation by the State House of Assembly.

He  noted that wherever the bureau of the Chief Judge becomes vacant oregon the occupant is incapable to execute the functions of the office, the Governor is constitutionally empowered to name the astir elder Judge of the High Cou...