The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Dr. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has charged the judiciary to always put the welfare of Nigeria first in judgement delivery.
In his message at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Awka during a Eucharistic celebration to mark the 2023/2024 Legal Year, Bishop Ezeokafor regretted that while many countries are developing because they give primacy to the rule of law and faithful enforcement of the law, regardless of who are involved while the reverse is the case in Nigeria, blaming it on few bad eggs that are holding the noble profession hostage.
he described the Eucharistic celebration as a moment to reflect on the harms the Nigeria judiciary has caused Nigerians, adding however that as the Anambra judiciary marks the annual event, putting God first matters a lot, especially now that many Nigerian institutions, including the judiciary, are wobbling between a step forward and thousands of steps backward.
In his remark, the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Onochie Anyachebelu, assured that members of the judiciary will continue to make efforts to take back the slogan that the judiciary is the last hope of the common and indeed all men of good will.
He said that Nigeria will be gone any day the judiciary is regardes as no longer the last hope of the common man.
Present at the Eucharistic celebration include Governor Chukwuma Soludo, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze, and Anambra State Commissioner of Police Mr Aderemi Adeoye.
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