The National Judicial Council has directed the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, to reverse the appointment of the Acting Chief Judge of the State, Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu.
The Council further directed the governor to appoint the most senior judicial officer in the State High Court’s hierarchy as the acting Chief Judge of the State in conformity with Section 271(4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
The position of the council on the controversial issue was made known in a statement signed by NJC’s Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Ogedengbe, on Wednesday night in Abuja.
The statement disclosed that the council, at its 108th meeting held on April 29 and 30, 2025, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, resolved that the constitutional provision on the appointment of an acting chief judge of a state does not give room for discretion.
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