Rivers High Court suspends sitting

The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, has announced that judges of the authorities High Court volition proceed connected their yearly abrogation from July 20.

This is contained successful a connection issued successful Port Harcourt connected Tuesday by the Chief Registrar of the court, Mr David Ihua-Maduenyi.

According to the statement, mean tribunal sittings volition resume connected September 16.

The Chief Judge said the abrogation is successful enactment with Order 49, Rule 4(D) of the High Court of Rivers State Civil Procedure Rules, 2023 (as amended), adding that each judicial divisions crossed the authorities volition stay closed during the period.

He described the yearly abrogation arsenic a regular judicial signifier meant to supply judges with a recess aft a twelvemonth of tribunal duties.

Justice Chibuzor-Amadi, however, stated that arrangements person been made to grip urgent cases during the abrogation period.

He explained that abrogation judges would beryllium appointed to perceive matters requiring contiguous judicial attraction successful bid to guarantee continued acce...