Fubara: Ejike King George was compulsorily retired for misconduct – Rivers judiciary

The Rivers State Judiciary has faulted the explanations given by retired Chief Justice of the Peace Ejike King George for his exit from the Judiciary.

George, in a letter extensively circulated on social media, claimed that his voluntary retirement was largely as a consequence of discomfort with the current appointment of what he described as a “quasi-military administration” to control Rivers State.

Nonetheless, the Chief Registrar of the Rivers State Excessive Courtroom, David Ihua Maduenyi, in a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, clarified that George was compulsorily retired from service with impact from February 10, 2025, for disciplinary causes.

In keeping with Maduenyi, the motion adopted complaints of extended absence from obligation with out official go away, spanning from August 25, 2023, to December 2024.

Maduenyi additional defined that the retired Chief Justice of the Peace appeared earlier than a disciplinary panel of the Judicial Service Fee (JSC) following the complaints, and the panel discovered him culpable and really helpful both voluntary retirement or obligatory retirement.

The advice was subsequently submitted to the JSC, which authorized his obligatory retirement.

Chief Registrar Maduenyi said that George’s try and hyperlink his removing from workplace to the prevailing political scenario within the state just isn’t solely a contrived falsehood but in addition a mischievous act geared toward deceiving the general public and attracting undue sympathy and unmerited help.

The previous Chief Justice of the Peace, in a letter made obtainable to journalists on Monday, attributed the rationale for his resignation to the present system of governance, which he stated just isn’t solely unfamiliar however basically contradicts the beliefs and values of the authorized career.

In keeping with George, such a construction runs counter to the ideas upheld by authorized practitioners and adjudicators.

Rivers State is at present being dominated by a former navy officer, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the State Home of Meeting.

The suspension of the governor and different elected leaders within the state adopted a declaration of a state of emergency by President Bola Tinubu, citing the extended political disaster within the state, which the president claimed threatened democratic rule and processes.