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Tension at Mbaise Timber Market as Judge Rules on Case Already on Appeal
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Organisers Call for Entry as Process for NMA 2025 BeginsA judge at the Federal High Court, Owerri, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, recently ruled on a case already on appeal at the Court of Appeal, raising tension, and concerns about judicial overreach.

Unsatisfied by an earlier ruling by an Owerri High Court, the appellants had proceeded to the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, for a stay of proceedings. The appellants, in their petition against the lower court’s order in suite no: FHC/CS/OW/RJ/01/2025, through their lawyer, Ama Akalonu, are praying the appeal court for, “An order for stay of execution of the bench warrant made on the 24th of July, 2025 by His Lordship, Hon. Justice I. N.

They said notwithstanding the fact that the judge’s “attention was drawn to the pending motion for stay of proceedings in higher court, he proceeded to entertain the matter and further proceeded to make an order for bench warrant against parties who have already taken their case to the Court of Appeal.

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