2023: Federal High Court Sets Up Task Force To Dispose Pre-election Cases

Concerned over the large volume of pre-election cases instituted by aspirants, the Federal High Court of Nigeria has constituted a Special Task Force of Judges to speedily hear and determine all the pre-election suits pending before the courts.

This was contained in a circular by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Terhemba Tsoho on Wednesday in Abuja, in which he explained that the setting up of the Task Force became necessary in order to designate a team of Justices to handle the large volume of pre-election cases.

In the statement issued by the Assistant Director of Information of the Court, Dr Catherine Oby Christopher, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, directed Judges, who are members of the Task Force to suspend all regular cases in their respective courts in view of the urgency of the electoral cases, which he noted time-bound.

Justice Tsoho said; “In view of the large volume of pre-election cases filed so far; with the imminent attendant risk of lapsing, it has become necessary to constitute a Task Force to speedily dispose of the matters, particularly in those Judicial Divisions with a glut of them”.

Justice Tsoho further directed that the Judges will have four weeks within which to dispose off the pre-election cases.