232 special cases, Court of Appeal begins annual vacation

Th e judges of the Court of Appeal Court yesterday began a two-month annual vacation, which will end on September 11, Premium Times has learnt. A statement signed by Sa’adatu Kachalla, media offi cer to the Appeal Court President, Zainab Bulkachuwa, said the break will begin on July 17. According to the statement, the appeal court succeeded in resolving at least 232 judgements from the list of piled up cases in very busy divisions of the court across the federation, during the last judicial year. Th e judgements were delivered by a team of “fi ve special task forces set up by Mrs. Bulkachuwa on September 7, 2016 from less busy Divisions like Makurdi, Ilorin, Yola, Ekiti and Sokoto to reduce the workload in Lagos, Benin, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Abuja which are busier Divisions.

” “A breakdown of the fi gure shows that in Lagos Division, the special Taskforce from the Makurdi Division delivered 85 judgements. Th e special task force from Ilorin Division which sat in Benin Division delivered a total number of 57 judgements in the fourth Quarter which ended on June 30, 2017, while that of Ekiti that sat in Enugu Division delivered 38 judgements. “Justices of Sokoto Division on a rescue mission to Abuja Division during this period gave judgements in 31 Appeals and struck out two Matters while the Justices of Yola Division trashed out 21 pending appeals in Port Harcourt Division.

“Th e Justices of the various Divisions designated to cover the very busy Divisions also sat and delivered judgments in their Divisions of primary posting.” Speaking with Premium Times on the total fi gure, Mrs. Kachalla said the appeal court gave the listed judgement because they were delivered by the special team set up by its president. “Th is is not all of the judgement; it is only the judgement delivered by the special task force, apart from the judges sitting in their various divisions.

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