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Lawyers stage protest, shut Enugu court over Judges’ absence
Lawyers from the Nsukka and Obollo-Afor areas of Enugu State on Tuesday sealed the High Court in Obollo-Afor in protest against the prolonged absence of physical court proceedings in the area.
The legal practitioners accused judges posted to the area of failing to sit physically for several years, a situation they said has negatively affected access to justice and legal practice in the region.
Judges assigned to judicial zones in Enugu North Senatorial District reportedly adopted virtual court proceedings due to security concerns, a move the lawyers argue has effectively led to the abandonment of courtrooms.
The latest action follows an earlier protest on June 3, when lawyers from the district marched through major streets in Nsukka to draw attention to what they described as the neglect of physical court sittings following the introduction of virtual hearings.
The lawyers accused the Enugu judiciary of creating unnecessary bottlenecks by relocating active case files from local judicial divisions to Enugu, the state capital.
The protests affected all five judicial divisions in the zone: Nsukka, Obollo-Afor, Enugu-Ezike, Ogbede and Umulokpa.
On Tuesday, the lawyers closed the high court in Obollo-Afor to press home their demands.
In a communiqué jointly issued by branches of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Nsukka and Obollo-Afor branches, the legal body accused the Afojulu Raymond Ozoemena, chief judge of Enugu state, of neglecting the concerns of lawyers and court workers in Enugu north senatorial district over prolonged virtual court hearings.
The NBA branches said high court judges assigned to the district have not conducted physical sittings for over three years.
The legal association said lawyers had embarked on a boycott of Enugu high court proceedings in the district for over two weeks following a peaceful protest held on June 3, 2026, over the continued use of virtual hearings
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