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Justice Ikpeme: Tough road to the high Bench
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By Ebunoluwa Sessou
Justice Akon Ikpeme is the current Chief Judge in Cross Rivers State, Calabar. She assumed the position as a substantial Chief Judge on January 28, 2021. WO X-rays the incidences preceding her present position in this excerpt.
January 9, 2020
Cross-Rivers State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade wrote a letter to the State House of Assembly for Justice Ikpeme to be confirmed Chief Judge of the State.
March 3, 2020
Justice Ikpeme started functioning as the acting Chief Judge of the state, following the retirement of the former Chief Judge, Justice Michael Edem, and was expected to be confirmed by the lawmakers.
At last, the lawmakers have done the right thing
With her confirmation last week by the Cross River House of Assembly, Justice Akon Ikpeme is now set to become the Chief Judge of the state. We are delighted that this unfortunate saga has finally come to an end and that reason ultimately prevailed. But it should never have happened and the assembly members recognise that. “It was a unanimous decision. We didn’t give room for voting,” said Hon. Efa Esua, who explained the process leading to the confirmation. “The first time we didn’t do it right and having seen that there was an error, we needed to correct it.”