The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Friday, sworn in Justice Ijeoma Agugua, as the first female Chief Judge of the state.
Agugua replaces Justice Paschal Nnadi, who retired from service.
Speaking at the ceremony in Owerri, Uzodinma assured that judiciary under his time will be different.
He vowed to make the Imo State judiciary one of the best in the country and also make it autonomous.
“Judiciary is an important arm of government, and if our democracy must grow with its attendant dividends, we must have an efficient judiciary”, he said.
