Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN,
Festus Keyamo on Friday said he will unbundle the Supreme Court if appointed
the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice.
Keyamo spoke while he was being
screened by the Senate for a ministerial appointment and he answered every
questions thrown at him by the lawmakers.
According to him, all cases
should not be allowed be handled at the Supreme Court in Abuja alone, as the court
should be decentralised.
He said there should be one
Supreme Court in each of the six geographical regions of the country to attend
to cases such as land matters and others that normally get to the Abuja Supreme
Court.
Keyamo said he could not see himself
being the AGF for four years without unbundling the Supreme Court for better
performance.
He said the National Supreme
Court should be left to handle cases arising from electoral matters,
interpretation of the constitution and key important issues rather treating all
cases.
According to him, most cases
should be resolved at the regional Supreme Court which should not get to the
national apex court.
Keyamo also said the the AGF
should also not be given the power of the judiciary, adding also that new
parties should show capacity on small level before contesting for presidency.
He also said governance is
activism and that “I don’t want to die without making a loud statement for the
poor and downtrodden. We have great activists even as senators. The greatest
activists are those in government and people in the legislature.”
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