{"id":89977,"date":"2021-12-17T07:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89977"},"modified":"2021-12-17T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:19:55","slug":"njc-bars-judges-from-promotion-for-issuing-conflicting-orders-in-secondus-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/njc-bars-judges-from-promotion-for-issuing-conflicting-orders-in-secondus-case\/","title":{"rendered":"NJC bars judges from promotion for issuing conflicting orders in Secondus\u2019 case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m25359\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Judicial Council (NJC) has penalised three High Court judges for issuing conflicting ex-parte orders in the cases involving the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe affected judges are Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the High Court of Rivers State; Justice Nusirat I. Umar of the High Court of Kebbi State, and Justice Edem Ita Kooffreh of the High Court of Cross River State.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Director of Information, Soji Oye said NJC, at a meeting chaired by Justice Mary Odili, barred the affected judges from promotion between the next two to five years, issued them with warning letters and placed them on its watch list.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPart of the statement reads: \u201cThe meeting which was chaired by the Deputy Chairman of Council, Hon. Justice Mary Peter-Odili, CFR agreed with the recommendations of the Investigation Committee set up in September 2021 that Hon. Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the High Court of Rivers State be barred from elevation to higher Bench for two years whenever he is due, as he failed to exercise due diligence in granting the ex-parte order in suit No: PHC\/2183\/CS\/2021 between Ibealwuchi Earnest Alex &amp; 4 others and Prince Uche Secondus &amp; another, as there was no real urgency, in the circumstances of the matter, that would have required an ex-parte order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Lordship is also issued with a warning letter to be circumspect in granting such ex-parte Orders in the future.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\ufffc<br \/>\n\u201cCouncil also resolved that Hon. Justice Nusirat I. Umar of the High Court of Kebbi State be barred from elevation to higher Bench for two years whenever due, having found fundamental defects and non-compliance with the law in granting the ex-parte order in suit No: KB\/HC\/M.71\/2021 between Yahaya Usman &amp; 2 others and Prince Uche Secondus &amp; another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is also issued with a warning letter to be circumspect in granting such ex-parte orders in the future.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cHon. Justice Edem Ita Kooffreh of the High Court of Cross River State will not be promoted to higher Bench for five years for allowing himself to be used as a tool for \u201cforum shopping\u201d and abuse of Court process in suit No: HC\/240\/2021 between Mr. Enang Kanum Wani and Uche Secondus, as it was evident that, in granting the ex-parte order, he was seised of earlier orders of the High Courts of Rivers and Kebbi States, being courts of coordinate jurisdiction with his.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is also to receive warning letter to be circumspect in granting such ex-parte orders in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council also placed him on its watch-list for a period of two years.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>The National Judicial Council (NJC) has penalised three High Court judges for issuing conflicting ex-parte orders in the cases involving the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),&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":23525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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