The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, has approved the redeployment of several judges across various divisions of the court.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the court’s Director of Information, Dr. Catherine Christopher.
Moreover, as part of the changes, Justice M. G. Umar, previously serving in the Enugu Judicial Division, will now handle matters previously overseen by Justice Inyang Ekwo at Court 5 of the Abuja division.
“The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho, KSS, OFR, FCIArb. (UK) has effected the redeployment of some judges of the court.
“The general public is hereby notified that all cases pending before Court No. 5 in the Abuja Judicial Division will be attended to by the judge who has been moved to Abuja for that purpose.
“Consequently, there is no need for litigants and /or counsel to apply to the Hon. Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the court,” the statement reads.
Other movements include Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim’s transfer from the Gombe Division to Yola, while Justice M. T. Segun-Bello moves from Abakaliki to Enugu. Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman has been redeployed from Yola to Awka, and Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed from Awka to Gombe.
According to the official release, the redeployments take effect immediately.
“The affected judges are to make their best endeavour to deliver all pending judgements in their current stations within the shortest possible time.
“The judges currently resident in the Abakaliki and Katsina Judicial Divisions shall take responsibility for all the cases already pending or newly instituted in their respective Divisions, until otherwise instructed,” it concluded.
