A judge of the Anambra State High Court, Justice Peace Otti, has threatened to stop sitting if disobedience to the orders of her court continues.
Visibly angry when she entered the court yesterday, Justice Otti of the High Court 3, Awka Judicial Division, told lawyers and litigants that she only came to announce to them that she had decided to stop sitting until proper explanations were given on why orders made by her court were not obeyed.
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She stated, for instance, that she made an order against further arrest of some litigants in a matter in her court, but some police operatives from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, came at about 8 p.m., arrested the litigants, and whisked them away to Abuja, citing “conducts likely to cause a breach of peace.”.
“I only came to inform you that I have decided to stop sitting because it is a waste of time for me to continue sitting when the orders made by the court are not being obeyed.
“This court made an order barring further arrest of some litigants in a matter before this court pending the determination of the substantive case, but some police officers came from Abuja without any court order and abducted these litigants and took them to Abuja and said that they arrested them for “conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.
“I have decided not to sit again until the commissioner of police in Anambra State, CP Aderemi Adeoye, comes and explains to the court why the police that are supposed to enforce the orders of the court are disobeying the court orders.
“Nigeria has just become very lawless, and I am no longer ready to be wasting my time coming here to sit and make orders that will not be obeyed,” she insisted.