The NJC asked Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to dismiss a high court judge, Justice Ugbor Ononugbo, over a matter involving the estate of the late businessman, Chief Dike Udensi Ifegwu (DUBIC). The NJC also recommended that Ojiako, lawyer to DUBIC’s children, be investigated by the police and NBA for his involvement in the matter. Uzoatu said it was wrong for NJC to have made the order without first hearing from Ojiako, more so when NBA that was constitutionally empowered to investigate lawyers had done so and found him not guilty. He accused NJC of dabbling into a matter it has no constitutional powers and called for caution. Meanwhile, Ojiako the man at the centre of the storm, has threatened to sue the NJC if it did not rescind the directive. Ojiako, who expressed shock over the NJC’s directive, said one of the brothers of DUBIC, Orum Ifegwu Udensi, wrote a petition against him to NBA over the same matter. He said after going through the matter, it was dismissed as NBA saw no merit in the petition. The lawyer said he was shocked to learn that after asking the Abia State governor to dismiss the Judge, NJC said he should be investigated when NBA had already cleared him.]]>
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