The planned reshuffling or transfer of judges of the Federal High Court, by the court’s Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, has led to loss of time in the prosecution of many notable cases in the court.
The affected cases include the money laundering trial of Abdullahi Babalele and Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, son-in-law and lawyer, respectively to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
The Federal High Court has an annual traditional of transferring its judges from one state to another at the beginning of every year. Eventually, in a circular dated July 13, 2020, the Chief Judge announced the suspension of the planned transfer and directed that “judges should attend to all cases pending before them.”In the case of Babalele and Giwa-Osagie, it is already 11 months since their arraignment and not much progress has been made.
Similarly, on March 18, Justice Mohammed Liman, sitting in Lagos, adjourned Ikuforiji’s trial by six months till September 30, citing the transfer circular.
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