Assembly confirms Agumagu as Rivers CJ

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Justice Peter Agumagu, former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, as the Chief Judge of the state.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had nullified the recommendation of National Judicial Council that Justice Daisy Okocha be appointed as chief judge of the state.
Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi had challenged the recommendation of the NJC at Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.
Agumagu had been on an acting capacity as the chief judge of the state since July 2013.
Based on the court’s ruling, the assembly on Tuesday screened and confirmed Agumagu as the substantive chief judge of Rivers.
The Speaker, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree, who put a few questions to Agumagu, later said he had been confirmed as the chief judge of the State.
Amachree congratulated him and directed the Clerk of the House to convey a letter of the confirmation to the governor.