Anambra Swears-In First Female Chief Judge

By Okechukwu Onuegbu

The Anambra state governor, Chief Willie
Obiano has sworn in a new acting chief judge for the state. She is
Justice Ijem Onwuamaegbu.

Onwuamaegbu is the first female
(Acting) Chief Judge in Anambra state and replaced Justice Peter Umeadi,
who retired from service, voluntarily.

Speaking during the
swearing in ceremony, Gov Obiano said the appointment would further
re-position the state judiciary to effectively address the problem of
delayed dispensation of justice.

He assured her of his
administration’s support to enable her deliver on her new mandate. On
her part, the attorney general of the state, Dr Uju Nworgu, emphasised
that the 1999 constitution empowers the state governor to appoint and
swear in an acting chief judge when there is vacancy.

Mrs. Nworgu
noted that the governor deemed it necessary to appoint Justice
Onwuamaegbu as new acting chief judge, in her capacity as the most
senior among the judges of the state High Court.

Responding,
Onwuamaegbu promised to build on the legacies of his predecessors in
office and to ensure speedy dispensation of justice, in the state.