13th March, 2020
Governor Hope Uzodinma has appointed 59 year-old Justice Ijeoma Agugua as the acting chief judge of Imo State.
Justice Agugua is at present the administrative judge of High Court Owerri.
The governor appointed Justice Agugua hours after the former Chief Judge, Justice Paschal Nnadi retired.
Justice Agugua’s swearing-in will take place on Friday, March 13, 2020, at the Sam Mbakwe Expanded Exco Chambers at 9:00am.
Justice Agugua was born on May 10, 1960.
She attended Helen Kaunda Girls Secondary School, Kitwe, Zambia from 1971 to 1974, and later obtained her WASC in 1975 from Ogidi Girls Secondary School, Ogidi, Anambra State. In 1977, she obtained an HSC from Federal Government College, Port Harcourt.
She studied Law and obtained an LLB Hons in 1980 from University of Lagos. She was also awarded a BL in 1981 after attending Nigerian Law School, Lagos.She was called to the bar same year.
After serving as chief magistrate, she joined the High Court in 1993.
She is a member of the International Bar Association (ISA), Judges Forum and National Association of Women Judges of Nigeria (NAWJN)
Justice Agugua is married and has three children.