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Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has sacked the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Cyprian Akaolisa.
The state Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba announced Akaolisa’s sack in a statement issued in Owerri signed on Monday.
The statement, however, was silent on the reasons for the removal of Akaolisa.
The erstwhile commissioner was directed to hand over all government property under his care to the state Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, immediately.
Emelumba later said that the sack was part of moves to rejig the cabinet while denying the speculations that the removal was a sequel to the controversies that followed the appointment of a Chief Judge for the state.
“Honestly, I don’t want to speculate. All I know is that His Excellency (Hope Uzodimma), in his wisdom, appoints his commissioners and removes them; when it is auspicious, he will give reasons.
“But this is part of a minor cabinet reshuffling,” he said.
The National Judicial Commission (NJC) in November 2024 directed the sack of Justice Theresa Chikeka over alleged age falsification.
Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu, who was later appointed Acting Chief Judge of the State was equally removed on grounds that he was not the most senior judicial officer in the state high court. (NAN)
