“1997 Imo Judges’ Memo Favoured Seniority In Chief Judge Succession” — Odinkalu Says Current Acting CJ Was Among Signatories

“1997 Imo Judges’ Memo Favoured Seniority In Chief Judge Succession” — Odinkalu Says Current Acting CJ Was Among Signatories

Professor of law and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has recalled a 1997 memorandum in which all 18 judges of the High Court of Imo State unanimously urged that the most senior judge of that court should succeed to the office of Chief Judge, drawing a parallel with the succession dispute now running in the state. Odinkalu set out the account in a series of posts on his X handle. “Nearly 30 years ag…