NAN-H-66
Appeal
By Magdalene Ukuedojor
Abuja, March 22, 2017 (NAN) Mr Edward Ubon, a legal practitioner, has called for the overhaul of the country’s judicial appeal system toward speeding up the dispensation of justice.
Ubon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that in overhauling the appeal system, a time frame for concluding cases should be set.
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“I would want to see a complete overhaul of the appeal system because at the moment, the appeal system does not speed up the dispensation of justice in a sense.
“You realise that some appeals take longer periods for you to get at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
“You (also) realise that at times even the appellants pass on and then the heirs would have to inherit some of the cases.
“So I would like to see a system where there is a time frame within which to hear the appeal and then hopefully that would also motivate the lawyers to be prompt in the way and manner within which they approach the system.’’
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many lawyers and litigants have made numerous calls on the judiciary to set a time frame for cases to avoid delays in the delivery of justice across the country.
They decried a situation where some cases have taken a decade or more to be concluded. (NAN)
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Edited by Hajia Sani/Emmanuel Yashim
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