Tension over alleged non confirmation of Cross River Chief Judge

Tension has enveloped the entire environment in the Cross River State Assembly complex as some members  of the house are nowhere to be found.

This is the situation just as newsmen observed that Security has been beefed up at the Cross River State House of Assembly as the lawmakers convened a special session to adopt the report of the Committee that screened the acting chief judge of Cross River State.

EkoHotBlog reports that all entrances and exits were manned by fully armed security operatives.

The Committee on Judiciary had on Thursday screened the acting Chief Judge, Justice Akon Ikpeme.

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According to Sources that pleaded anonymity alleged that some functionaries in House and Executive don’t want her as they preferred a junior judge, Justice Maurice Eneji.

Meanwhile, the National Judicial Commission had already recommended Akon to be confirmed and the alleged intrigues based on tribalism has surfaced.

It was alleged that some members of the house were given N500, 000 to vote against Akon Ikpeme on the ground that she is not an indigene but married to a native of Odukpani in the state.

It was observed that protesters who carried placards with various inscriptions asked the Speaker and  his Deputy do the needful, promising to stand by Ikpeme.

The Chairman of the Judiciary committee had told our reporter that Justice Ikpeme will be confirmed today, Friday at the special session.