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23,870 cases pending in Rivers courts , net #525 million in one year – CJ
The Rivers State Chief judge, justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi says the state judiciary has a total of 23,870 cases pending in various courts in the state .
This figure include all cases pending in magistrates, High courts , customary and customary court of Appeal in the state.
Justice Amadi stated this while presiding over a special court session held to mark the opening ceremony of the comencement of the 2024/2025 new legal year held at the auditorium of the High court in port harcourt, last Thursday.
The state chief judge while giving the breakdown of the performances of judiciary in the last year ended revealed that the stastics of the cases brought before the courts from October 30,2023 to 30th September 2024 is 31,886, while cases filed stood at 14,791 and cases disposed in the period under review is 22,725.
He further disclosed that the state judiciary and the customary courts generated a total of #525,322,478,83 as revenue in the last judiciary year under review.
He described the special court session as an annual rituals of the judiciary marked to herald the beginning of a new legal year , stressing that it afford the judiciary and all stakeholders the needed opportunity to take stocks of the activities of the judiciary in the past one year so as to improve with a view to strengthening the justice administration.
The number one state judiciary officer averred that the judiciary had under taken a lots of capital infrastructure in the year ended to ensure the comfortablility of the workers and judicial officers and announced that additional high courts will be constructed at Okehi and Degema in other to ease the challenges of numerous cases coming from such jurisdictions.
Justice Amadi disclosed that the state judiciary has a total of 51 judges,57 magistrates 30 Chairmen of customary courts and 60 presiding members, adding that the state judiciary has 12 judicial Divisions,37 magisterial Districts and 30 customary courts.
” We lost seven judiciary staff, pH NBA lost 16, Okehi branch 1, Bori branch 2,and Ahoada branch 2.
Creation on a judicial Division is based on cases filed from such area and we recommend for approval of such and not for politically based” he stated.
The state chief judge used the opportunity to thank the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara for the support given to the judiciary in the state , noting that the success recorded by the judiciary in the state was attributed to the huge support from the state governor.
He also appreciated the efforts of the security agencies and the media for their various cooperation and support given and urged them to sustain such in this legal year .
In there various speeches at the event,the state Attorney general and Commissioner of justice , Dagogo Isreal _Ibroma,SAN,the leader of the body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria ,Rivers State, OCJ Okocha SAN, and the Chairman of NBA , Port Harcourt branch , Mrs Eke Cordelia commended the achievements recorded by the state judiciary and urged that more measures be put in place to enhance the speed dispensation of justice.
Our correspondent reports that the special court session was presided over by a church service.
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The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.