Ben Ezechime, Enugu
A total of 800 applicants have applied to become Customary Court judges in Enugu State.
President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Chibueze Nnamani, disclosed this in Enugu at the conclusion of the examination set for the applicants.
He said that the exercise would select the best persons fit to be Customary Court judges, adding that there were 459 vacant positions to be filled.
According to him the examination was conducted triennially and it entails testing applicants’ physical and mental fitness and integrity.
“When we select those that qualify, we make recommendations to the Enugu State Judicial Service Commission.
“They will serve for the next three years as Customary Court members and those qualified must be adults that are neither too young nor too old,’’ Nnamani said.
Nnamani further said that a lawyer would be chairman in each of the 153 Customary Courts in Enugu State.
“Two members will be appointed from the list of applicants for each of the courts,” he said.
