{"id":60801,"date":"2018-01-29T08:04:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T07:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60801"},"modified":"2018-01-29T08:04:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T07:04:43","slug":"serap-to-gov-ikpeazu-restore-uzokwe-as-abia-state-cj-or-face-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/serap-to-gov-ikpeazu-restore-uzokwe-as-abia-state-cj-or-face-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"*SERAP to Gov Ikpeazu: Restore Uzokwe as Abia State CJ or face legal action*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to \u201cimmediately withdraw his illegal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">appointment of Justice Obisike Orji as the acting Chief Judge of the state<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and restore Justice Theresa Uzokwe, who was unlawfully removed by the State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">House of Assembly, back to her position as Chief Judge.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The House of Assembly had on Friday passed a resolution suspending Justice<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Uzokwe as the state\u2019s chief judge. The speaker, Mr. Chikwendu Kalu, while<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">reading the resolution, set up 8-man ad-hoc committee to investigate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">allegations of misconduct against the judge, and mandated Governor Ikpeazu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to appoint an acting chief judge pending the completion of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">investigation by the committee.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">But SERAP in a statement today by its deputy director Timothy Adewale said,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRather than using their executive and legislative powers to promote good<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governance and abolish laws granting double emoluments and large severance<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">benefits to former governors, the Abia State government is denigrating the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">judiciary and displaying contempt for the rule of law.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to SERAP, \u201cThe purported suspension of Justice Uzokwe violates<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sections 292(1)(a)(ii) and 21(d) Part 11 of the Third Schedule to the 1999<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), and amounts to a blatant attack on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the integrity and independence of the judiciary. No judge anywhere in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria can be removed without the involvement of the National Judicial<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Council (NJC), no matter the level of allegations of misconduct against<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that judge.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The organization said, \u201cGovernor Ikpeazu must rescind his illegal<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">appointment of a new chief judge, and the Abia State House of Assembly must<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">withdraw the apparently politically motivated suspension of Justice Uzokwe<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">without further delay. Doing so will be entirely consistent with the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case of *Raliat<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Elelu-Habeed &amp; anor v Attorney General of the Federation and Attorney<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">General of Kwara State* (2012).\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The organization said, \u201cIf allowed to stand, the suspension of Justice<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Uzokwe would set a bad example to other state governments, and dangerously<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">move them toward executive and legislative dominance and control over the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">judiciary. Should Ikpeazu and the House fail to restore Justice Uzokwe back<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to her position, SERAP will undertake appropriate legal action including<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">before the NJC and the UN special procedure mechanisms, to seek justice and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">effective remedies in this matter.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The statement read in part: \u201cThe suspension also infringes the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">constitutional principle of the separation of governmental powers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Constitutional guarantees are meant to protect the judiciary from the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">political caviling that removal power often engenders. The benefits of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">integrity of the judiciary should never be supplanted by the temerity and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">excessiveness which political powers often breed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAn independent judiciary is the foundation upon which the entire structure<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of our constitution rests. The suspension of Justice Uzokwe is a serious<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">threat to this independence, and any impression that this principle is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">being improperly eroded should be directly and speedily addressed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJustice Uzokwe would seem to be a victim of the government\u2019s plan to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">harass judicial officials in Abia State. Neither the House of Assembly nor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ikpeazu is constitutionally authorized to suspend Justice Uzokwe without<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the participation of the NJC.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe independence of the judiciary is a barrier to despotism and necessary<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to secure a steady, upright, and impartial administration of the laws. This<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">independence ought to be promoted and protected by the Abia State<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">government. Executive and legislative invasions of it should never be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">allowed to stand.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA judge is in no sense under the direction of the government. The<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">judiciary is in a place apart, and constitutionally independent. It is of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">supreme importance, not only that justice be done, but that litigants<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">before the court and the public generally understand that it is being done<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and that the judge is beholden to no one but God, his\/her conscience, and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the judicial oath.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe framers of our constitution sought to establish the judiciary&#8217;s<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">independence and remove undue influence by both the executive and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">legislative branches by prescribing due process of law for removal of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">judges.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">*Signed*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">*Timothy Adewale*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">*SERAP deputy director*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">*28\/1\/2018*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">*Lagos, Nigeria*<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to \u201cimmediately withdraw his illegal appointment of Justice Obisike Orji as the acting Chief Judge of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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