Rivers judiciary denies Chief Judge’s purported one-year leave

The Rivers State Judiciary has denied reports that the state Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, is set to embark on a year’s leave.
A media report (not osrc.ng) claimed on Wednesday that Amadi announced the one-year leave amid the political crisis in the state.
The report claimed that the purported move is seen as a setback to the rumoured impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of River State.
However, in a statement on Thursday, the Chief Registrar of the State High Court, David Ihua-Maduenyi, described the allegation as misleading, false and baseless.
He said the chief judge neither does not have any plan to embark on leave, advising the public to ignore such reports.
Ihua-Maduenyi stated that the rumoured recess is alien to the judicial officer’s calendar of vacations.
The statement reads, “The Rivers State Judiciary categorically and unequivocally refute this malicious, misleading, false and baseless allegation against the person and the office of the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi (DSSRS).
“For the records, the chief judge did not at any time announce nor intend to announce embarking on any recess or extended recess leave by whatsoever name called, as such leave is alien to the judicial officers calendar of vacations.
“The vacation calendar of judicial officers is of public knowledge, namely: Christmas vacation, Easter vacation and annual vacation.
“The public is hereby advised to utterly disregard this misguided publication aimed at causing ill-will, disaffection, and confusion in the state.”