The Federal High Court of Nigeria has constituted a Special Task Force Of Judges, to swiftly hear and determine all pre-election cases brought before it.
This was contained in a circular by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, and signed by the Assistant Director of Information of the Court, Catherine Oby, in Abuja.
Justice Tsoho in the letter said that the task force became necessary to designate a team of judges, following the large volume of pre-election suits that have flooded the court.
The Chief Judge also stated in the letter that judges who are members of the Task Force will suspend all regular cases in their respective courts, due to the urgency of the electoral cases, which are time-bound.
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Justice Tsoho noted that the judges will have four weeks within which to dispose of the pre-election cases.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
