Just In: CJN Orders Chief Judges To Ensure Speedy Trial, Prison Decongestion

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May 15, 2020 Justice Tanko Muhammad

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, ordered the Chief Judges of the judiciaries of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to take urgent steps towards ensuring speedy trial in criminal cases and prison decongestion.

He urged them to, for instance, “consider conditional or unconditional release of Awaiting Trial Persons who have spent 6 years or more in custody.”

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