By Sampson Boroh
Mrs. Patience Zuofa-Diri, wife of Bayelsa State governor, has been sworn in as the state High Court judge.
She was sworn in on Friday alongside three other new judges by Governor Duoye Diri at the Government House, Yenagoa, the state capital.
Three other new judges who took oath of office included a former Registrar of the State High Court, James Lookie; a legal practitioners, Mrs. Christine Enegesi and a lecturer with the Niger Delta University, Dr. Simon Amaduobogha.
While administering oath of office on the new judges, Governor Diri called for expedite action to bring to book the trial of the suspects who earlier this year broke into the home of Supreme Court judge, Justice Mary Odili.
The governor regretted that despite arrest of those connected with the invasion of the home of the Supreme Court judge home, nothing has been heard of their trials.
He stated that his administration places significant importance on the role played by the judicial arm of government.
Governor Diri congratulated the new judges on their appointment and charged them to serve the people of the state and all Nigerians high sense of honesty which their new offices required.
He commended the NJC, the state Judicial Service Commission, the state Chief Judge and the Chief Justice of Nigeria for approving their nomination.
He also stated that all facilities and obligations required for the appointment of additional judges for the state’s high court have been provided and that the state looks forward to appointment of more judges in the New Year.
“These are strongholds of justice, protectors of liberty, symbol of law and order, custodians of the rule of law and embodiments of the hopes and dreams of our people. And if they can be treated with such impunity, then we are all much poorer for it.
“It is germane to restate that separation of powers should not in any way suggest division. In the end, we have a shared obligation to serve the people of Bayelsa State. We are one government united by one common purpose to deliver the hopes and dreams of the people of the state,” Governor Diri stated.
