The Grassroot Democratic Initiative, has joined the Press Statement war to outline the atrocious decision to swear in the Acting CJ through the back ----------------------------------READ MORE---------------PRESS STATEMENT

CHIEF JUDGE OF RIVERS STATE AND THE CONTRIVED CRISES OF SUCCESSION:

GOVERNOR AMAECHI

RAPES THE PROVISIONS OF THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION

IN CONNIVANCE WITH HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL

AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE

RIVERS STATE CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL

1. In the early hours of today, August 20, 2013 an act of rape of the 1999 Constitution took place at the Government House Port Harcourt when Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi swore in the President of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu as the Acting Chief of Rives State on the advice of his Attorney General Worgu Boms, Esq.

2. Prior to this glaring act of constitutional rape, both Amaechi and his Chief Lawyer, Boms, Esq. boycotted the valedictory session held in honour of the retiring Chief Judge of Rivers State Honourable Justice Iche Ndu OFR on August 19, 2013 ostensibly because they allege that the High Court of Rivers State under the watch of Honourable Justice Iche Ndu was not effectively used as a tool of political vendetta against their perceived political opponents.

3. How did Governor Amaechi and Attorney General Boms rape the 1999 Constitution? The answer is below.

4. First, the Constitution creates nine (9) Courts namely:

(1) The Supreme Court – section 230(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(2) The Court of Appeal - section 237(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(3) The Federal High Court - section 249(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(4) The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory – section 255(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(5) The Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja – section 260(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(6) The Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja – section 265(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

(7) The High Court of each State of the Federation – section 270(1) of the 1999 Constitution;

( The Sharia Court of Appeal of a State – section 275(1) of the 1999 Constitution; and

(9) The Customary Court of Appeal of a State – section 280(1) of the 1999 Constitution.

5. Flowing from this structure, we have the High Court of Rivers State and the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State as constitutionally provided. These are two distinct Courts with different judicial personnel (Judges), administrative staff and spheres of jurisdiction.

6. The methods of appointment of the Judges of the two courts are also different. The mode of appointment for the High Court of Rivers State is governed by section 271 of the 1999 Constitution while that of the Customary Court of Appeal is governed by the provisions of section 281 of the 1999 Constitution.

7. The jurisdiction of the High Court of Rivers State is provided for by section 272 of the 1999 Constitution. The jurisdiction of the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State is provided for by section 282 of the 1999 Constitution.

8. Secondly, where a vacancy occurs in the office of the Chief Judge of the State, section 271(4) of the 1999 Constitution provides that until a substantive appointment is made filling the vacancy, the most senior Judge of the High Court of Rivers State shall be appointed to perform the functions of the Chief Judge of Rivers State in an acting capacity. It does not say most senior Judge of the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State or President of the Customary Court of Appeal Rivers State, but the most senior Judge of the High Court of Rivers State.

9. Thirdly, section 281(4) of the 1999 Constitution provides that where a vacancy occurs in the office of the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State the most senior Judge of the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State shall act in the office until a substantive President of the Court of Appeal of Rivers State is appointed. It does not say most senior Judge of the High Court of Rivers State.

10. It follows that for the position of acting Chief Judge of Rivers State, Judges of the High Court of Rivers State and Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State are not interchangeable.

11. Now, Amaechi and Boms in clear violation of section 271(4) of the 1999 Constitution refused to swear in Honourable Justice Daisy Okocha who is the most senior Judge of the High Court of Rivers State in an acting capacity until the procedural niceties of appointing a substantive Chief Judge of Rivers State are fulfilled. Honourable Daisy Okocha happens to be the same Judge of the High Court of Rivers State that both the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the National Judicial Commission (NJC) have recognised as the new substantive Chief Judge of Rivers State and recommended for appointment to Governor Amaechi.

12. Governor Amaechi does not have the constitutional power (as much as he would wish he had) to appoint the Chief Judge of Rivers State be it in a substantive or acting capacity outside the provisions of section 271 of the Constitution.

13. Governor Amaechi and Worgu Boms have just done that. They did so in connivance with Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu whose hunger for the office of Chief Judge of Rivers State in order to play effective lap poodle to Governor Amaechi knows no bounds. At last, Governor Amaechi can now use him as the point of contact in the Rivers State Judiciary for the terrorising of perceived political opponents.

14. We can forgive Amaechi, he is not a lawyer. We can forgive Worgu Boms, Esq. he clearly lacks the experience and comportment required of the office of Attorney General. But should Justice Agumagu who is a past Chief Registrar of the High Court of Rivers State and who was called to the Bar nearly 40 years ago be forgiven for participating in what is first and foremost a constitutional rape and secondly, an affront to the powers of the NJC as provided in paragraph 21(c) of the 3rd Schedule of the 1999 Constitution?

15. We wish to inform the good people of Rivers State that:

(1) Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu is not a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State.

(2) Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu is a Judge of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal. He in fact heads that Court which should ordinarily make him satisfied and fulfilled.

(3) Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu is not qualified, pursuant to section 271(4) of the 1999 Constitution, to be appointed as Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State as he is not the most senior Judge of the High Court of Rivers State.

(4) Honourable P. N. C. Agumagu is a clear usurper of office of Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State.

16. We state without equivocation that Governor Amaechi having found that he no longer has a pliant Police to do his bidding has swooped on the Judiciary and in Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu has found a willing tool to oppress the people of Rivers State.

17. We urge Governor Amaechi who has a non-performing Executive arm of Government; a comatose Legislature; and who now seeks to destroy the Rivers State Judiciary to voluntarily resign from office. Governor Amaechi is clearly a danger to democracy and the Rule of Law and shall continue to remain such a danger as long as he holds high political office.

18. It is apparent that Governor Amaechi is now completely bereft of any ideas of good governance, observance of the rule of law and due process. As the Bible often says when a ruler embarks on self-destruction – “the Holy Spirit has departed from him”.

19. We advise Honourable Justice P. N. C. Agumagu, President of the Rivers State Customary Court of Appeal and pretender to the office of the Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State to make hay while the sun shines and return to his duty post as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal of Rivers State. His Lordship knows that he is not a Judge of the High Court of Rivers State and anything he does or purports to do in the period of his usurpation are null and void. Please sir, do not further lend your name to this insane travesty.

20. Finally, we remind Attorney General Worgu Boms that there is professional life outside the office of the Honourable Attorney General. He should look back at history and remember two former Attorneys General that the office diminished rather than enhance.

Signed

Hon Bright Amaewhule – President General Grassroot Development Initiative

August 20, 2013

Amaechi again

MOLESTATION is a NOUN which cannot be used in VERBAL form.U can now edit and correct that rubbish u posted up there.

The usual HYPOCRITES hv all ran away. Them nova see dis thread, abi??.. @OP, Exactly same thing I was saying yterday and this morning

taharqa: The usual HYPOCRITES hv all ran away. Them nova see dis thread, abi??.. @OP, Exactly same thing I was saying yterday and this morning

Dont mind them. Even the media is silent on the issue. They'r all shameless hypocrites.

OP can continue drinking his Alomo Bitters, if he is interested in stopping trouble in Rivers State - you can start by asking the Presidency to stop funding and backing those defecating and urinating on our dear constitution.

Abeg oga Poster, do also tell those in Abuja to stop intimidating and fingering the constitution, looting our future and shoving their propaganda down our throats.

Molestation ko, molestation ni.

People deriding the OP over the word "Molestation" should know about the notorious nairaland word censorship provision.

He prolly used the word "R@pe"

Meanwhile @ Thread . . . .Quite Interesting . . . .

Nyesom Wike Threatens Governor Amaechi: You Will See
Hell »

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State must brace up for more
trouble from the opposition in the days and months ahead, if the
threat by one of the forces against him, is anything to go by.
“We will make sure they will not sleep again, as they are
sleeping now.

They will not sleep with their two eyes closed. One eye will be open because they know there is danger.” Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, boasted at a reception for him in Port Harcourt on Saturday that he is ready to make life even more uncomfortable for Amaechi.

The reception also doubled as a grand finale of the inauguration
of units of the Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) in Obio/
Akpor LGA of the state. Wike is the grand patron of GDI.

Wike said Amaechi and the 27 members of the State Assembly
on his side have not had enough trouble yet and that what
happened on the state before is small, compared to what is
coming.

Wike is aspiring to replace Amaechi as governor in 2015.

The minister, speaking at yesterday’s rally, said: “They said we
are nobody. Then they have seen. When you are dealing with
nobody, be careful. The nobody will show you that he is
somebody. We will make sure they will not sleep again...
“Those who are saying they must remove me, I have even
overstayed. For you to be minister for two years, you must
thank your God. If today we are no longer minister, do not
worry yourself. It will not change us. We will continue to fight
for what we believe in.

http://www..com/talk/topic,164187.0.html

GDI = Nyesom Wike = Patience Jonathan = Evans Bipi = Jonathan = Anti Amaechi. They have lost their credibility.

jmaine: People deriding the OP over the word "Molestation" should know about the notorious nairaland word censorship provision.

He prolly used the word "R@pe"

Meanwhile @ Thread . . . .Quite Interesting . . . .

We know. So was he thinking that using a crude wordings will stretching his hypocrisy more. Like the PDP laptop crew will say - He can hug an inter continental nuclear power plant without cloths on a rainy day. Or go to court. Amaechi is free to bring a RAP4 to a stick fight.

Rhino.5dm:
Nyesom Wike Threatens Governor Amaechi: You Will See
Hell »




http://www..com/talk/topic,164187.0.html

GDI = Nyesom Wike = Patience Jonathan = Evans Bipi = Jonathan = Anti Amaechi. They have lost their credibility.

is dat d issue... And u r callin 4 change.. Smh.. Shame go catch una

heal nigeria when it can be healed