{"id":8028,"date":"2013-08-05T19:59:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T19:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=8028"},"modified":"2013-08-05T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T19:59:53","slug":"aftermath-of-appointment-of-magistrates-lawyers-moves-against-chief-judge-may-boycott-court-sessions-in-imo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=8028","title":{"rendered":"Aftermath Of Appointment Of Magistrates  .Lawyers Moves Against Chief Judge .May Boycott Court Sessions In Imo State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hammeer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hammeer.jpg\" alt=\"hammeer\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hammeer.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hammeer-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy anthony anyanwu<\/p>\n<p>Mixed reactions have continued to trail the appointment and swearing-in of new Magistrates in Imo state by the State Chief Judge, Justice Ben Njemanze.<br \/>\nIndications emerged over the weekend that members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has perfected plans for a showdown should the Chief Judge fail to rescind the appointments.<br \/>\nTrumpeta checks has it on good authority that members of NBA who are piqued over the manner the exercise was conducted from the point of application, screening to the final appointment has concluded arrangement to write the Chief Judge expressing the total rejection of the exercise by the association.<br \/>\nIt will be recalled that the Chief Judge of the State, Justice B. Njemanze had few weeks ago announced the elevation of 18 lawyers in the state to the rank of Magistrates.<br \/>\nThis apparently was greeted with wide condemnation and criticisms by many Lawyers in the state who insist that the exercise did not go through due process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By anthony anyanwu Mixed reactions have continued to trail the appointment and swearing-in of new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aftermath Of Appointment Of Magistrates .Lawyers Moves Against Chief Judge .May Boycott Court Sessions In Imo State 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