By Iyabo Adebisi
A retired Justice of Court of Appeal, Abuja, Division, Justice Peter Ige has advocated the decentralization of supreme Court for more effective administration of justice.
He stated this at his retirement valedictory court session in his honour held at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division.
Justice Ige pointed out that there was nothing wrong if the supreme Court have divisions like Court of appeal especially in the six geo-political zones to take justices to the grassroots and reduce burden on court.
Justice Ige however called for the appointment of more Judges to complement the 90 Judges the Appeal Court is currently having, noting that Court of Appeal had been depleted as a result of retirements and deaths thereby making the workload of the intermediate Court very heavy.
He equally urged the Federal government to look into the the need for all pre and post- election matter to be determined before swearing in of winners of elections for transparency and sanity into the nation’s electoral process.
Justice Ige while making his observations on legal impediments in legal electoral adjudication in Nigeria believed strongly that post election matters be determined for the mutual benefit of all the stakeholders in electoral process and adjudication.
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Dongban-Mensem who spoke through Justice Chioma Nwosu- Iheme noted that Justice Ige exemplified the virtue of fairness, integrity, diligence and deep commitment to upholding principle of justice expected of a judicial officer
The representative of the Nigeria Bar Association, Dr Oladipo Olatope, while lauding the recent reforms of President Tinubu led government, stressed the need for necessary transformational reforms that would ensure administration of justice as well as enhance the nation’s legal jurisprudence.
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