Governor Umaru Fintiri has sworn in Justice Hafsat Andulrahman as the first female chief judge in Adamawa State.
The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Government House in Yola on Monday.
The governor also swore in two other judges – Justice Ibrahim Sudi as the Grand Khadi and Audu Balami as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal.
While speaking at the event, Governor Fintiri described the moment as a watershed in the state’s history.
“The Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, is a consummate judge who rose through the ranks with an unblemished record in her years of service and substantive judgements to her belt,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle.
“We are making history as a government by having the first female Chief Judge in the history of the State. Her emergence is, therefore, a watershed development in gender mainstreaming and a testament that the girl-child is at liberty to rise and become anything with merit, devoid of any man-made barriers in Adamawa State.
“To parents, I must say, if we are looking for a role model for our daughters, this is a perfect place to come to – merit, right, truth, hard work, dedication, fairness and justice.”
According to him, the judiciary needs to save its image. He claimed that some citizens violate the law and ask the aggrieved person(s) to go to court because they (violators) can manipulate the course of justice.
The situation does not only rob the victims of justice but dents the image of the judiciary as the last hope of the common man, Fintiri added.
