The Federal High Court will proceed on its 2024 annual vacation on July 23.
This is contained in a statement by the the Court’s Assistant Director of Information/ICT, Dr. Catherine Oby Christopher, on Tuesday, noting that the vacation will end on September 13.
In the statement, Christoy noted that the court’s Chief Judge, Justice, John Tsoho approved the vacation in line with the provision of Order 46, Rule 4 (d) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019, and that the vacation will commence from July 23, to September 13, 2024, as court sitting shall resume September 16, 2024.
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According to the statement, the litigating public are to approach only the court’s divisions in Abuja, Lagos and Port-Harcourt, where some judges have been assigned to sit during the vacation in cases requiring extreme urgency.
For the Abuja division, Justices Emeka Nwite and Peter Lifu will serve as vacation judges. Justices Akintayo Aluko and Isaac Dipeolu are scheduled to sit in the Lagos division during the vacation, while Justices A. Mohammed and P. Ayua will sit in the Port-Harcourt division.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
