The Imo State Judicial Commission has dismissed Magistrate G.C. Okoli for alleged misconduct.
Okoli’s dismissal was announced in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar, C.N Okereke, on Tuesday.
The commission also barred Magistrate C.P Nnoromele from sitting in court until the petitions against her were resolved.
“Judicial Service Commission at its meeting held on March 16, considered the petition written against four magistrates in the state.
“It approved the immediate dismissal of His Worship, G.C Okoli from judicial service of Imo.
“The commission further reprimanded and issued a strong warning letter to His Worship, A.C Uzoma.
“It further directed His Worship C.P Nnoromele to stop sitting pending the outcome of investigation on the petition of likelihood of bias against her.
“The commission dismissed the petition against His Worship U.A.C Ogoma for lack of merit,” the statement said.
In response, Mr Jude Ogamba, the state chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said the action would help to sanitize the judiciary.
He went on to say that the incident would teach others in the service a lesson.
“NBA has been officially communicated on the decision of JSC, we commended them for taking a bold step in sanitising the system”, he said.
