Rivers judiciary defends judge, tackles NBA over jailed lawyer

The Rivers State Judiciary has responded to criticisms implicit the determination of Justice Chinwendu Nwogu to jailhouse a lawyer, Mrs Lovinah Ugbana Benjamin, for 3 days for contempt of court.

This absorption followed a connection by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, titled ‘Judges Must Not Bully Lawyers Or Abuse Power To Punish For Contempt As a Tool For Intimidation Of Lawyer’, which raised concerns astir however the justice handled the case.

A connection signed by the Chief Registrar of the Rivers State High Court, David D. Ihua-Maduenyi, said it was important to clarify what truly happened and close what it described arsenic misleading information.

According to the statement, Mrs Benjamin, who was representing the defendants successful the case, tried to mislead the tribunal successful her last written code by presenting facts and grounds that did not exist.

“The Learned Counsel erstwhile confronted by the court, admitted that what she stated successful her last written code was not existent and she was unapologetic,” the connection read.

The connection further explained that the justice followed owed process earlier uncovering her blameworthy of contempt.

It added that though the instrumentality allows up to 3 months’ imprisonment for specified an offence, the justice reduced the condemnation to 3 days aft pleas from lawyers.

Ihua-Maduenyi besides disagreed with the NBA’s presumption that specified matters should alw...