800 Applicants Seek 459 Customary Court Jobs In Enugu

About 800 persons have applied to become Customary Court judges in Enugu State.

This is despite the fact that there are 459 vacant positions in the court.

President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Chibueze Nnamani, made the disclosure in Enugu on Friday after an examination set for the applicants.

Nnamani said the exercise would select the best persons fit to be Customary Court judges in the state.

He further said the examination which is conducted triennially entails testing applicants’ physical and mental fitness and integrity.

“When we select those that qualify, we make recommendations to the Enugu State Judicial Service Commission.

“They will serve for the next three years as Customary Court members and those qualified must be adults that are neither too young nor old,’’ Nnamani said.

Nnamani added that a lawyer would be chairman in each of the 153 Customary Courts in Enugu State, while two members would be appointed from the list of applicants for each of the courts.