Chief Judge, CJ, of the Federal High Court, FHC, John Tsoho, yesterday, announced the redeployment of some judges.
Justice Tsoho in a statement by FHC’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine Christopher, directed Justice M. G Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to take over cases earlier presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo of Court 5 in Abuja Division.
According to the statement, “The chief judge of the Federal High Court has effected the redeployment of some judges.
“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.
“Consequently, there is no need for litigants and /or counsel to apply to the chief judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the court.”
Justice Tijjani Ringim from Gombe Division was transferred to Yola Division, while Justice M. T Segun-Bello from Abakaliki Division was moved to Enugu Division.
Also, Justice Bala Usman from Yola Division was redeployed to Awka Division and Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed from Awka Division transferred to Gombe Division.
According to the statement, the redeployments takes immediate effect.
“The affected judges are to make their best endeavour to deliver all pending judgements in their current stations within the shortest possible time.
“The judges currently resident in Abakaliki and Katsina Judicial Divisions shall take responsibility for all the cases already pending or newly instituted in their respective Divisions, until otherwise instructed,” it concluded.