“Are You Not Provoked by Our Present-Day Justice System?” — Very Rev. Ernest Onyeukwu Challenges Nigerian Judiciary at Abia Legal Year Opening Service
The Revd. Uruakpa Onyemaechi Charles, Correspondent, Living Spring Media – Umuahia Umuahia — October 16, 2025 The Abia State Judiciary yesterday officially commenced its 2025/2026 Legal Year with a solemn Opening Ceremony/ Thanksgiving Service held at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Chapel (QEHC), Umuahia , attended by the state’s top legal minds, clergy, and government officials. Delivering a stirring sermon titled “Are You Not Provoked by Our Present-Day Justice System?” , Very Rev. Ernest Onyeukwu of the Methodist Church drew from Acts 17:16 , likening Apostle Paul’s grief in Athens to the moral and institutional decay within Nigeria’s justice system. “Paul was provoked by the idolatry of his time. Today, we should be provoked by the corruption and compromise in our justice system,” he declared. Very Rev. Onyeukwu lamented the moral decline in public service, the commercialization of justice, and the manipulation of court verdicts. He condemned a system where “the poor are t...