A chief magistrate of the Rivers State judiciary, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned from the judicial bench, citing the appointment of a state sole administrator by President Bola Tinubu as his reason for bowing out of adjudicative service.
In a letter addressed to the office of the chief judge of the state through the secretary of the state judicial service commission, the newly resigned chief magistrate condemned the declaration of emergency rule in the state.
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The one-page letter, which dated 11th April 2025, was titled: RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE, saying that “this difficult and regrettable decision is informed largely by my discomfort with the recent appointment of a quasi-military administration to run the affairs of a modern State like ours.
“Milord will agree with me that this type of governance system is not only alien but also runs antithetical to our hallowed profession as legal practitioners and adjudicators.
“Having put in a whopping 16(sixteen) out of my 22(twenty-two) years of legal practice into this Judiciary as Magistrate under successive democratic administrations, I find it difficult to work with the current setting, as doing so would amount to a tacit and naïve acquiescence.
“Thanks, Milord, for the opportunity to serve.
“Yours faithfully,
EJIKE KING GEORGE, ESQ.
(CHIEF MAGISTRATE)”
