The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has approved the redeployment of some judges of the court to new divisions across the country with immediate effect.
Penpushing reports that Director of Information of the court Catherine Christopher, made this known in a statement adding that the affected Judges are to make their best endeavour to deliver all pending judgements in their current stations within the shortest possible time.
The statement added that the judges currently based in the Abakaliki and Katsina judicial divisions will now assume full responsibility for all pending and newly instituted cases in their respective divisions until further notice.
Penpushing further reports that Christopher stated that all cases pending before Court number 5 in the Abuja Judicial Division will henceforth be handled by a judge newly posted to that court.
“Consequently, there is no need for litigants and /or counsel to apply to the Honourable Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the Court,” the statement added.
Penpushing also reports that the latest redeployments follow similar exercises in recent months, as the court seeks to improve judicial efficiency and balance workload across divisions.
The redeployed judges include Hon. Justice M. G. Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to Abuja, Hon. Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim, from Gombe Division to Yola Division, Hon. Justice M. T. Segun-Bello; from Abakaliki Division to Enugu Division, Hon. Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman; from Yola Division to Awka Division and Hon. Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed; from Awka Division to Gombe Division.
‘In a related development, the general public is hereby notified that all cases pending before Court No. 5 in the Abuja Judicial Division will be attended to by the Judge who has been moved to Abuja for that purpose’, Christopher wrote.
‘Consequently, there is no need for litigants and /or counsel to apply to the Hon. The Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the Court’, the statement emphasised.
Penpushing reports that it is recalled that the court in November 2023, undertook a major reshuffle involving 94 judges, following the appointment of 23 new ones.
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