Akwa Ibom judiciary gets new Chief Registrar
Chief Magistrate Affiong Victor Usimkah has emerged as the new Chief Registrar for the Akwa Ibom State Judiciary.
This was contained in a statement on Friday by Mr. Gilbert Uko, the Chief Press Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Justice Ekaete Obot.
The statement noted that the new Chief Registrar until her appointment on December 23, 2024 was the presiding Chief Magistrate at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Abak.
He said Mrs Usimkah emerged after a rigorous interview conducted by the State’s Judicial Service Commission to fill the existing vacancy following the elevation of the former Registrar, Chief Magistrate Winifred Umohandi to the position of a Judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court.
Performing the swearing-in ceremony, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot said she was grateful to God for making it possible to successfully appoint the new Chief Registrar after a rigorous interview.
She stated that a lot of people showed dexterity, brilliance and grace at the interview noting that Chief Magistrate Affiong Usimkah, displayed humility, grace combined with the possibility that she would be a hard working Chief Registrar.
“But I’m happy that today we have been able to successfully appoint another person. It was a very rigorous interview. A lot of people showed dexterity, brilliance and grace. But in her, I found humility, grace combined and the possibility she’ll be very hard working as a Chief Registrar,” she said.
The Chief Judge urged the newly sworn-in Chief Registrar to do her job diligently without fear or favour and to report to her any challenge she may encounter in administration, advising her to also seek advice from her predecessor while cautioning that she shuns unnecessary gossips in the course of her duties.
Justice Obot also commended the outgone Chief Registrar, Winnifred Umohandi, now Judge, whom she said served very gloriously in that capacity hoping that the incoming Chief Registrar will sustain the momentum.
From her profile, the new Chief Registrar, an indigene of Mbo local government area of the state was born on 9th December, 1979, and called to bar in 2005. She was appointed magistrate in 2011 and is married with kids.
