Buhari Recommends 15-Month Time Limit For Court Cases

By Olamilekan Alani

President Muhammadu Buhari says   criminal and civil  cases from the high court to the Supreme Court should be concluded within a year.

Buhari  said this on   Wednesday during   the 60th Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), with the theme: ‘Stepping Forward.’

The President was represented virtually by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the conference that had 24,000 participants.

An erstwhile United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, also spoke at the Conference, despite the petition against him for his role in the 2003 British and American invasion of Iraq.

Others that spoke at the conference were Chief Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad; Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; Governors Babajide Sanwolu (Lagos) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers) as well as out-going NBA President Paul Usoro (SAN); the newly elected  President of the association, Olumide Akpata, and a former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu