Rumour has it that the State Government is mobilising the six NBA Branch Chairmen in Imo in a move that could spell trouble for the Imo Judiciary, allegedly dangling ₦350m dressed up as AGC support to make it happen: ₦100m for the Branch that leads the charge, and ₦50m each for the other five.
The reported plan is for all six Chairmen to sign a letter to the NJC, supposedly on behalf of lawyers across Imo, urging the Council to hasten the appointment of a substantive Chief Judge and end the acting regime.
Sounds harmless, right? Not quite.
Such a letter risks creating two false impressions. First, that the NJC is responsible for the delay, rather than the Imo JSC, whose process is skewed to exclude the most senior Judge; and second, that the Acting regime is itself undesirable, effectively contradicting the NJC’s clear position that, until the process for appointing a substantive CJ is concluded, the most senior Judge shall continue to act.
This letter must not be signed in the name of Imo Lawyers. This letter must not also be sent in our name. It is not the position of NBA Owerri. I doubt if it is also the position of other branches in Imo.
Imo lawyers are watching. The legal community is awake. _Oke anaghị eri ihe onye mụ anya!_
I will leave the 6 Chairmen with these immortal words of Achebe: “One of the truest tests of integrity is blunt refusal to be compromised.”
Chinedu Agu
16 August 2026
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