2023: The Federal High Court creates a task force to handle cases related to upcoming elections.

A special task force of judges has been established by the Federal High Court of Nigeria to expeditiously consider and decide any pre-election cases submitted to it.

According to a circular issued by Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Court, on Wednesday in Abuja, the task force was required to name a team of judges due to the overwhelming number of pre-election lawsuits that have overwhelmed the court.

The circular states that due to the necessity of the time-sensitive electoral matters, judges who are task force members will suspend all ordinary cases in their respective courts.

According to the statement, “it has become imperative to form a task force to quickly resolve the concerns, particularly in those Judicial Divisions with a glut of them, given the enormous volume of pre-election cases filed so far and the impending accompanying risk of lapsing.”

Justice Tsoho further remarked that the Judges will have four weeks to resolve pre-election cases presented before them, according to a statement by the Assistant Director of Information of the Court, Dr. Catherine Oby Christopher.