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Taraba gets new Chief Judge
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has sworn in Justice Philibus Andhetur as the new Chief Judge of the state.
Andhetur, who succeeds Justice Josephine Tuktur, was inaugurated on Thursday in the state.
Governor Ishaku in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan Abu, charged the new CJ to be fair to all in his dispensation of justice.
He also appealed to other colleagues of the CJ to support him in every way possible, explaining that the next four years of his administration will be used to consolidate on the gains of his first term.
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Governor Ishaku said, “as a group, the judges in Taraba state have done well, and therefore the individual appointed from among you to lead would certainly not disappoint.
“I urge you all to extend the needed cooperation to him, because the failure of the principal officer of the judiciary is the failure of its members.”
Responding, the new CJ, Justice Philibus Andhetur assured the governor that the state Judiciary under his leadership will give his administration the needed support.
He said, “the state judiciary would help the government in ensuring peace so that the rescue mission of the government would not be derailed.”
Ishaku said, from the information at his disposal, he is convinced that the new chief judge will give a good account of himself and make the judiciary in Taraba state proud
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