Attorney General in kingship tussle

Imo State Attorney General, Ken Njemanze, appears to have been caught in the middle of a dispute over a traditional throne. He is alleged to have used his position as the state's Attorney General to influence the judgement of the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri over the dispute in which he is considered an active participant.



A group known as Imo State Concerned Citizens Abroad based in Slovakia sent a petition dated July 19, 2010 to the National Judicial Council (NJC) accusing the Mr. Njemanze of colluding with Mojeed Owoade, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, Owerri, to fraudulently subvert an earlier judgement of an Imo State High Court, Orlu, over the matter between the state (plaintiff) and Cyracus Amaechi Mkpado (accused).
Another group, the Concerned Citizens of Orlu based in California, United States of America, also petitioned the NJC on the same matter calling on the body to investigate Mr. Njemanze, Mr. Owoade and another justice of the Appeal Court in Owerri, Helen Ogunwumiju, for what it termed "their roles in this travesty of justice".
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