Rivers state chief magistrate resigns over emergency rule

Rivers state chief magistrate resigns over emergency rule

A Chief Magistrate in Rivers State, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned his function from the Rivers State Judiciary.

His resignation changed into officially communicated in a letter addressed to the Chief Judge of Rivers State, thru the Secretary of the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission.

In the letter, Magistrate George defined his selection as “ hard and regrettable,” bringing up pain with the latest appointment of a “quasi- navy management ” to supervise the nation ’s affairs.

He said that the present day machine of governance is unusual and essentially at odds with the beliefs and values of the criminal career , noting that this sort of shape contradicts the ideas upheld through criminal practitioners and adjudicators.

George, who committed sixteen of his 22 years in criminal exercise to serving as a Justice of the Peace beneathneath successive democratic administrations, stated persevering with beneathneath the present day political shape could quantity to “tacit and naïve acquiescence.”

He expressed appreciation to the Chief Judge for the possibility to serve withinside the nation ’s judiciary.

“This letter is supposed to carry my selection to voluntarily retire my appointment as Magistrate of the Judiciary of Rivers State,” the letter read.

“This hard and regrettable selection is knowledgeable in large part through my pain with the latest appointment of a quasi- navy management to run the affairs of a current nation like ours.

“My Lord will believe me that this kind of governance machine isn’t best alien however additionally runs antithetical to our hallowed career as criminal practitioners and adjudicators.

“Having installed sixteen out of my 22 years of criminal exercise into this judiciary as Justice of the Peace beneathneath successive democratic administrations, I locate it hard to paintings with the present day setting, as doing so could quantity to a tacit and naïve acquiescence.

“Thank you, My Lord, for the possibility to serve.”