Fedude Zimughan, a lawyer and former commissioner in Bayelsa State under the government of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was on Wednesday sworn in as a commissioner in the state judicial service commission, about 24 years after he served and left the state.
Also sworn in with Zimughan by the governor, Senator Douye Diri, were Mrs. Ine Serena Dokubo-Spiff and Mr. Makbere Osom Jacob, a former PDP state executive committee member.
During the swearing in, Diri described their appointment as an important constitutional duty that will lead to the appointment of a substantive Chief Judge for the state.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that their appointment was based on merit and in accordance with provisions of the Nigerian constitution.
He said the new entrants into the Judicial Service Commission were people of proven integrity and expressed confidence in their ability to deliver in their task.
Diri charged them to help the judiciary work closely with other arms of government, saying all arms of government need the others to succeed.
His words: “We have just performed a constitutional duty that is very important to us, which will lead to the appointment of a substantive Chief Judge. So let me on behalf of the government congratulate those sworn in today.
“You have a difficult task before you, to fast-track the process that will produce the substantive Chief Judge. I have no doubt that you are men of character and integrity. The absence of the Judicial Service Commission has affected the performance of other arms of government.
“All of you are well known to me. You will need to put in your best to support the judiciary and other arms of government. The three arms of government are autonomous and interdependent.
“For us in the executive arm of government, we will continue to assure you of our readiness to obey the rule of law as it is supreme. “
