Anglican Diocese Establishes Court In Anambra

Formal administration of justice for parishioners of the Diocese
on the Niger, Anglican Communion in Anambra State will soon fully
commence at the Bishop’s Court, Onitsha.

The Bishop, Diocese on the Niger, Rt Rev Dr Owen Nwokolo,
disclosed this during a plenary on the third day of the synod of
the Diocese held at St John’s Anglican Church, Eziowelle, Idemili
North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

He said that the court’s normal sessions which were expected to
take off in September this year would assume every form of
adjudication proceedings as it is the case in conventional
courts.

‘No member of the Diocese will take a fellow parishioner to
public court until the matter has gone through this one in the
Diocese. If you do that, we will bring you back. You will be asked
wether you have followed the Diocesan procedure as enshrined in the
Diocesan constitution.

‘The Chancellor of the diocese, Barr Nnamdi Ibegbu, SAN, and his
legal team have drafted the court rules because that court will be
operating like the way the civil court operates; there will be a
judge, there will be a witness dock and all the things provided in
the civil court. If you want to sue anybody, the rules will guide
you. Once it commences operations, any judgement received there is
binding,’ the Bishop further explained.

He told the parishioners that after the court’s commission in
September, if they had any case, they could bring it to the court
‘because it is a righteous court.’

Confirming concluded arrangements for the court operations, Barr
Ibegbu, SAN, said that the diocesan court would operate like an
arbitration court, adding that any judgement or decision given
there would be registered in the court as a judgement and would be
executed fully as a judgement obtained from the high court. He said
judgement of the court would be taken serious as it would be
binding on the litigants.

Formal administration of justice for parishioners of the Diocese
on the Niger, Anglican Communion in Anambra State will soon fully
commence at the Bishop’s Court, Onitsha.

The Bishop, Diocese on the Niger, Rt Rev Dr Owen Nwokolo,
disclosed this during a plenary on the third day of the synod of
the Diocese held at St John’s Anglican Church, Eziowelle, Idemili
North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

He said that the court’s normal sessions which were expected to
take off in September this year would assume every form of
adjudication proceedings as it is the case in conventional
courts.

‘No member of the Diocese will take a fellow parishioner to
public court until the matter has gone through this one in the
Diocese. If you do that, we will bring you back. You will be asked
wether you have followed the Diocesan procedure as enshrined in the
Diocesan constitution.

‘The Chancellor of the diocese, Barr Nnamdi Ibegbu, SAN, and his
legal team have drafted the court rules because that court will be
operating like the way the civil court operates; there will be a
judge, there will be a witness dock and all the things provided in
the civil court. If you want to sue anybody, the rules will guide
you. Once it commences operations, any judgement received there is
binding,’ the Bishop further explained.

He told the parishioners that after the court’s commission in
September, if they had any case, they could bring it to the court
‘because it is a righteous court.’

Confirming concluded arrangements for the court operations, Barr
Ibegbu, SAN, said that the diocesan court would operate like an
arbitration court, adding that any judgement or decision given
there would be registered in the court as a judgement and would be
executed fully as a judgement obtained from the high court. He said
judgement of the court would be taken serious as it would be
binding on the litigants.