“Cross River State is known for fairness, equity and we are opposed to anything repugnant to natural justice.”
His swearing-in yesterday followed a controversial session at the state House of Assembly on Monday having declined to confirm Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge because she hailed from Akwa Ibom State and fears that making her substantive Chief Judge constituted a security risk.
He said, “I urge you to dispense justice without fear or favour, you have to fair. The law is blind and should not be sensitive to religion, ethnicity, colour or any other affiliation. Ayade, who preferred Eneji to Ikpeme at the onset because she was from Akwa Ibom State but married to a Cross River for over 40 years, used the occasion to clarify on how receptive the state was to everyone, irrespective of where they came from.
Responding to his appointment, Eneji pledged to enthrone a number of reforms that would aide justice delivery in the state, promising to be a listening judge.
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