Rivers Chief Judge Swears In 16 New Magistrates …Tasks Them to Adhere To Oath Of Office

Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, has charged the 16 newly appointed Magistrates in the State Judiciary to abide by their oath of office and take seriously the task of justice delivery in the State.
Justice Amadi gave the advice while swearing in the 26 new Magistrates at the Ceremonial Court Hall at the state High Court Complex in Port Harcourt at the the weekend.
He also advised the new magistrates to guard against the temptation of making quick money but should be ready for serve the State judiciously.
He stressed the need for the new Magistrates to comply with constitutional provisions and also isolate themselves from friends, family members and members of the public considering the nature of their job.
“Let me remind you all that to succeed, you must design your priority including studying harder to know the law and rules of the criminal justice to enable you discharge your duties efficiently and effectively”, he added.
The Chief Judge warned that frivolous excuses would not be tolerated especially from those that will be deployed to rural areas, insisting that they must be ready to serve at all times.
Those sworn in as Magistrates include AWUSE LILIAN-NGBECHI, AKAH OKWUDIRI, AKANI WOBIA-CRISTABEL, VICTOR-IHUNWO QUEENNETH-OGBONDA and
IBANICHUKA SAMUEL, while CONSTANCE KELVIN-CHINAKA, MARTYNS YELLOWE-DOKU, AMADI ISREAL-ISIGUZORU, AKPU OBISIKE-CHARLES and BRIGGS KINGSLEY were sworn in as Senior Magistrate Grade 1
Others are NDUKWU THANKGOD, HART ALEX ISOUALA and NWINEE HAROLD BARISIP sworn-in as Senior Magistrate Grade Two and WIKE LESLEY-BELEMA, EPELLE EMMANUEL-SONNY and AKEODI OYAGHIRI as Magistrate 11.

By: Amadi Akujobi