One of our impeccable sources in the Court of Appeal headquarters in Abuja revealed that all appellate cases arising from the judgements of the election
As APC, PDP, LP protest interference | Cases in 19 Northern states taken to FCT, appeals in 17 Southern states moved to LagosIn a bid to curtail political interference in the dispensation of justice, the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has transferred all election petition cases pending before the court in the 36 states to Abuja and Lagos divisions of the appellate court.
petitions tribunals on the 1,209 cases filed against the conduct of 2023 general elections had been assigned to Abuja and Lagos for hearing and determination. This newspaper was told by one of our reliable sources that the appellants in the various cases expressed apprehension that the same fate might befall them if their cases are allowed to be determined by the other 18 divisions of the Court of Appeal domiciled in various states under the watch of the governors of the states.
Some judges of the tribunals were reportedly indicted and might face trial by the National Judicial Council . In arriving at the decision, one of our sources told our correspondent that Dongban-Mensem was bothered that the image of the judiciary could be rubbished by unsavoury activities of corrupt judges in alliance with the political class.
But LEADERSHIP could not verify from official sources how the two divisions could effectively handle and cope with the volume of cases expected from the 36 states of the country.
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