The Chairman of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Rivers State Branch, Golden Ekprikpo Spiff, has been removed from office over allegations of gross misconduct.

Spiff was initially suspended by the branch, a decision later upheld by the National Working Committee, NWC, in a letter dated June 25, 2025, and signed by the branch’s Assistant Secretary.

His removal was finalized during the union’s last congress held in September 2025.

According to a letter signed by the Acting President of JUSUN, Marwan Mustapha Adamu, the state Vice Chairman of JUSUN, Princes Fyne Backo, was directed to assume office in acting capacity pending the outcome of an investigative panel set up by the National President.

Confirming the development in an interview with journalists, the former State Chairman of JUSUN, Anthony Nwachukwu, explained that Spiff failed to appear before the investigative panel set up to look into the allegations against him.

Nwachukwu, who is also a member of the State Working Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, disclosed that the union congress unanimously voted in favor of Spiff’s removal.

He noted that since the Vice Chairman assumed office as Acting Chairman, several issues confronting the union had been addressed, and progress was already being made within a short period.

Nwachukwu said, “Within the one and six months he led, I’m sure you are aware that workers were having one or two issues and the tempo of the union went very low.

“And as a result, workers decided they can’t fold their hands and watch things go low. And they decided to take action.

“The action they took was doing a letter to the national and asking that he be removed. And the national ratified the letter.

“And then he has been suspended. And recently there was a congress on the 26th of September and the congress ratified that the acting chairman continue to be our chairman till the end of the tenure.

He added, “To my own surprise, since the acting chairman came into power, there are issues that have been lying unattended to, the woman has swung into action and those issues have been resolved.

“I’m telling you, most of our staff have not taken their salaries for the month of August, within just one week now, she swung into action and salaries have been paid to everybody.

“She’s doing a lot of work. She’s meeting and making sure the welfare issues that have been so low, that have been lying low is being reawakened.”