Ebonyi NBA Shut Down Courts
By Joyce Aroh Abakaliki
The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has
shut down the operations of all Courts in the State for two days
to protest the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria,
CJN, Walter Onnoghen by the Federal government.
of the Nigeria Bar Association across the country.
Addressing a press conference in Abakaliki, on Tuesday, the Chairman
of NBA, Abakaliki Branch, Barr. Festus Nweke who described the action
taken against Onnoghen as a full blown invitation to anarchy added
that the Federal government was not the appropriate body to discipline
a judicial officer in the country.
“The situation is that lawyers have boycotted court sitting in the
state for two days as a way of registering our reservations for the
action taken against the CJN.
“None of the court is opened. The action of the federal government is
an aberration of the law. The federal government is not the
appropriate body to punish a judicial officer. It is an invitation to
full blown arnachy if we allow it to stand. There are established
rules. Let the federal government follow the established due process.
“NBA Abakaliki is in support of its NEC’s resolution. A lawless
society is not what we want. We sent our members to monitor Afikpo and
other places and I can tell you that in Ebonyi, it total shut down.
Not even customary court sat today”.