Zainab Bulkachuwa, president of
the court of appeal, says the court successfully handled a total of 805 cases
which emanated from the 2019 general election.
While speaking at the 2019 annual
conference of the appeal court justices which held in Abuja, Bulkachuwa said
the 805 appeals were petitions filed by aggrieved candidates against the
results declared in the elections.
She praised judges who handled
the cases for their “hard work and resilience” during adjudications of the
election cases.
“We received 805 petitions from
across the country, this can be
attributed to the confidence which the citizens have in the judiciary as the
hope for the common man,” she said.
“No doubt this electioneering
year was a hectic one because after the annual sittings, 805 appeals were filed
across the 16 divisions and the court was up to the task. “ I say well done for
our collective efforts in making Nigerian democracy stronger in spite of all
odds.”
Bulkachuwa also added that “For
the year ending, the court has disposed of 4,007 judgments and 7,911 motions.
“We will be commissioning the
Ilorin and Yola divisions of the Court of Appeal while renovation work on Benin
and Kaduna divisions are ongoing. “We intend to create four new divisions of
the court with a view to reducing the workload on the justices and also bring
justice closer to the people.”
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