This third and concluding piece of a three-part investigative report reveals that it is not enough to blame underfunding of the Nigerian judiciary for the congestion of appeal cases which deprive many Nigerians access to justice at the Supreme Court, ADE ADESOMOJU reports
On September 4, 2017, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, a Nigerian lawyer, who had practised for about 25 years, took to his Facebook wall to rant about the ills of the nation’s judicial system.
Obono-Obla, who was appointed as the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecutions in April 2016, stated in the Facebook post that he filed “several appeals” in the Supreme Court since 2007, adding that “till now, no date has been given for the hearing of these appeals”.
The presidential aide deplored the Supreme Court’s anachronistic registry which he said had failed to embrace technology to improve on its…
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