Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsFederal High Court To Hear Pre-election Cases During Vacation

The annual vacation for Judges of the Federal High Court from 25^th July 2022 to 19^th September 2022 will not stop it from hearing 2023 pre-election cases during vacation.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho says the New Practice Directions is to provide for a fair, impartial, and expeditious determination of pre-election cases.

In a statement issued by the Assistant Director of Information, Federal High Court Dr. Catherine Christopher noted that the Practice Direction is to minimize undue adjournments and delays in the conduct of matters.

The Chief Judge explained that the Practice Directions will apply to every pre-election matter brought pursuant to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended and the Electoral Act, 2022, as amended.

The statement added that the Practice Directions provide rules bordering on the filing of processes, service of processes, as well as on interlocutory applications.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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