The Delta State Chief Judge, Justice Marshal Umukoro disclaims Decree Absolute and judgement purportedly delivered by the High Court of Obiaruku Judicial Division in a petition of marriage dissolution between one Jowat Spencer Amurun Vs Mrs. Embelakpo Mimi Amurun, saying that the said Order did not emanate from any High Court of Delta State. - By Agbaragu Timothy, Esq.

The Delta State Chief Judge, Justice Marshal Umukoro has disclaimed a Decree Absolute and judgement purportedly delivered by the High Court of Obiaruku Judicial Division in a petition of marriage dissolution between one Jowat Spencer Amurun Vs Mrs. Embelakpo Mimi Amurun, saying that the said Order did not emanate from any High Court of Delta State.

Justice Umukoro, a Life Bencher, reacted to a publication in the Vanguard newspaper of Tuesday, April 13, 2021, page 21,  where a Judgment was purported to have been delivered and signed by one "A. K. Odigwa (Mrs.) " as Judge, while the Order of Decree Absolute was purported to have been drawn up and signed by one "J. O. Abeke," as the Chief Registrar. 

 A rejoinder titled: " DISCLAIMER/DEMAND FOR RETRACTION OF DECREE ABSOLUTE ORDER PURPORTEDLY MADE BY HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, OBIARUKU JUDICIAL DIVISION IN MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION PETITION SUIT NO. HCO/13/2018"  states as follows:

" That every divorce petition carries a "D" letter in addition to the number of the suit to show that it is a Divorce matter. The purported Suit "HCO/13/2018" did not carry a "D" letter to show that it was a Divorce matter.

" That there is no Judge bearing the name, " A. K. Odigwa ( Mrs.)" in the Delta State Judiciary.

" Similarly, "J. O. Abeke" is completely unknown to the Delta State Judiciary. No Chief Registrar of the High Court of Justice, Delta State has ever answered that name. Indeed, the serving Chief Registrar of the Delta State High Court of Justice at the time the Decree Absolute was purportedly drawn up and signed was "E. Z. Dolor, Esq" and not " J. O. Abeke " as contained in the purported Decree Absolute. "

Declaring the two court processes as fabricated and forged, existing only in the figment of the imagination of the author of the publication, the Chief Judge enjoined members of the public, security agencies and the diplomatic community to be vigilant always in order not to fall victim of scammers and fraudsters currently on the loose.

He disclaimed and dissociated the Delta State High Court from the purported Judgement and Decree Absolute Order.