A new Chief Judge has been sworn-in for Benue State. He is
Honourable Justice Adam Onum, the first to attain such position from Idoma
community, the second largest ethnic group in Benue State.
Ortom, while performing the ceremony at the New Banquet Hall of
Benue Peoples House, Makurid, noted that the appointment of the new Chief Judge
was based on merit and in consonance with core values of his administration,
which include fairness, justice, transparency, integration among others.
The governor
described Justice Onum as an erudite jurist whose knowledge and practice of law
has been beyond reproach, stressing that he has been upright and fair in the
discharge of his duties over the years.
Ortom expressed
hope that the new Chief Judge would open a new vista in the dispensation of
justice, noting that Justice Onum and his colleagues in the State have been
among the best in the county.
He commended
the Speaker and other members of the Benue State House of Assembly for the
prompt screening and confirmation of Justice Onum as Chief Judge, stressing
that the action underscored the harmonious working relationship that has
existed between the executive and the legislature.
Responding, the Chief Judge
who expressed appreciation to Governor Ortom for finding him worthy of the
appointment, promised to uphold the tenets of an incorruptible justice system
in the state.
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