The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo, has dismissed an application seeking to stop Abia State government from appointing judges in the state. Delivering a lead ruling on Wednesday in Owerri, Honourable Justice Ntong Ntong, said the application lay against the Court of Appeal and had no basis in law. The Justice held that the applicants’ claim that the Court of Appeal refused to hear their appeal was a lie. Reacting to the judgment, the Attorney General of Abia State, Sir Ikechukwu Uwanna, SAN, described it as a liberation for Abia. He said: ‘The Justices have liberated the judiciary in Abia State from shackles of operation.”Recalled that over the past few years, the Abia State judiciary has not been able to appoint judges, and that has stalled the process of administration of justice in Abia.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 04, 2026 16:31 UTC