The three-month tenure of the controversial acting chief judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, has come to an end.
Stakeholders who condemned the appointment by Governor Ben Ayade anxiously await and fear a repeat of the shenanigans that led up to his appointment; shenanigans that threaten the principles of separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. Will the Cross River State legislature and judiciary effectively come under the control of the executive led by Governor Ayade?”
Ayade held on to the nomination of Justice Ikpeme until close to the period her acting role as chief judge was to lapse. When eventually the nomination got to the House of Assembly, the legislature did the unexpected and by voice vote purported to have rejected her nomination. The lawmakers claimed that Justice Ikpeme was by birth a non-indigene of Cross River State but from neighbouring Akwa Ibom State which used to be part of Cross River State, at the time Akon Ikpeme was born.
Today, the acting tenure of Justice Eneji is over and the NJC has insisted that the rightful thing be done, which is to confirm Justice Akon Ikpeme as the only duly recommended person from them to assume the office of Chief Judge of Cross River State.
This is because their calling as judicial officers is of infinitely higher value than becoming playthings on the political chessboard of a governor and his collaborators in the legislature whose fleeting hold on power cannot and will not outlast the tenures of the judges.
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