April 15, 2025
A Chief Magistrate in the Rivers State Judiciary, Ejike King George has announced his voluntary retirement.
In his voluntary retirement letter to the Chief Judge of the State, he cited the emergency rule as a reason for his decision, stating that he find it difficult to work with the current setting in Rivers state.
In the letter titled Voluntary Retirement From Service and dated 11th April 2025, George said his decision which is difficult and regrettable is informed largely by his discomfort with the recent appointment of a quasi – military administration to run the affairs of a modern state like ours.”
” This type of governance system is not only alien but also runs antithetical to our hallowed profession as legal practitioners and adjudicators.
” Having put in a whooping 16 ( sixteen) out of my 22( Twenty two) years of legal practice into this Judiciary as Magistrate under successive democratic administrations,I find it difficult to work with the current setting,as doing so would amount to a tacit and naive acquiescence
” Thanks Milord , for the opportunity to serve” George added..
