The members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt branch, yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Worgu Boms, for his alleged role in the closure of courts.
Rivers courts were closed on June 10, last year, following an indefinite strike by members of State Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over the Chief Judge (CJ) crisis.
Efforts by five branches of the state NBA to get the courts reopened failed.
The State NBA recently filed a suit against the state governor Rotimi Amaechi, the State Judiciary, Boms, among others, at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.
It is seeking the court's order granting its members access to their property in their secretariat and N500 million damages for the hardship the closure has cause its members (lawyers) and their families.
At the last sitting early this month, Justice Lambo Akanbi granted the Boms' request for out-of-court settlement.