By PATRICK ABANG Calabar –
The President and Founder of Christian Central Chapel International CCCI, Bishop Dr. Gospel Emmah Isong has charged judges in Cross River State to avoid frivolous injunctions ahead of 2023 general elections.
He gave the charge while officiating in a church Service to mark the 2022/2023 legal year which was declared open at CCCI Headquarters, Calabar.
Bishop Isong, who doubles as National Publicity Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN stressed that it is dangerous if the judiciary allowed judgement to be procured by the highest bidder.
He warned that the society can be put in jeopardy if judges failed to deliver judgement according to rule of law.
The cleric, who spoke on the topic: “A woman Taken In Adultery” with a biblical inference drawn from the Book of John 8 : 3 to 5, said the issue was not adultery but a scenario to trap Jesus by juxtaposing it with God’s grace.
While urging members of the judiciary to be circumspect, Isong said, “Judicial officers especially those who sit on the bench and the bar should look well and listen carefully because the world is wicked, people can be set up, lies can be told, not what you see can be true.
“The woman supposedly caught in adultery was just a bait to arrest Jesus for blasphemy and that was arranged by some pharisees in some dubious process without evidences and her case could not be proven without reasonable doubt”, Isong maintained.
The cleric argued that the central issue with the case was how to apply the law of Moses in the dispensation of grace.
He called for application of wisdom just as it was done by Jesus Christ so that offenders of the law can be punished according to laid down rules.
In his remarks, State Chief Judge, Justice Akon Ikpeme stated that the 2022/2023 legal year is a year like no other and commended the judicial officers for making out gone year a success and commended the state governor Prof Ben Ayade for the support.
In his remarks, the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, who was represented by state Deputy Governor Prof Ivara Esu stated that the expectations of the government and citizens this legal year is enormous.
The governor charged judicial officers to eschew favoritism particularly to those who feel judgment can be procured and urged them to be bold in the discharge of their duty no matter whose ox is gored.
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