By Archibong Jeremiah Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN has described the ongoing judicial crisis in Cross River State as “needles and useless.” He bard his mind when speaking at the valedictory Court session presided by Justice E. Ayade at the State High Court, Calabar in honour of late Barrister Oriri Ekom Oriri. Watch video on CrossRiverWatch
By Jonathan Ugbal The new legal year for the Cross River judiciary began on Monday without the usual pomp and pageantry. This is because there is a vacancy in the administrative court where the Chief Judge sits. The State has been without a Chief Judge for 20 days now due to differences between the Governor,
By David Peter, Agency Reports Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr) were among high profile attendees as the immediate past acting Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Eneji remarried on Saturday. This is despite the fact the judiciary has gone 18 days without
By Archibong Jeremiah The position of the Cross River State House of Assembly, on the crippled judicial system in the State, has again been criticised. Hon. Eteng Williams, the Assembly Speaker’s explanation of why there is no Chief Judge in the State, where he said the National Judicial Council, NJC is responsible has again, earned
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The vacuum created by the exit of Justice Maurice Eneji as the Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State may linger unless the National Judicial Council recommends his successor, says the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Eteng Williams. He said recently while reacting to the exit of Justice
By Unini Chioma, The Nigeria Lawyer (TNL) The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata has described the judiciary saga in Cross Rivers State as one undermining the independence of the judiciary because of the failure of the State to confirm Hon. Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge, thereby creating a
By Archibong Jeremiah Judicial activities in Nigeria’s South South Cross River State, has been crippled for seven (7) days now because of the vacuum in the office of the Chief Judge of the State. Justice Maurice Eneji’s tenure as the acting Chief Judge of the State expired on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Findings revealed that
By Jonathan Ugbal The crisis rocking the Cross River judiciary may be far from over as that arm of government has been without a head for four days now. The last acting Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Eneji served out the second of his acting terms of three months on September 3, 2020. And, since then,