With the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown on public gatherings including court sessions, there were clamours on the Nigerian judiciary to consider the option of virtual court proceedings to deal with urgent matters in order to maintain law and order in the country. Specifically some
Almost threescore years after independence, the Nigerian justice system remains bedevilled by the congestion of cases in court and chronic delays in the determination of cases. The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Hon. Justice M. L. Abimbola recently disclosed that it takes between five to ten years to conclude a trial at the High Courts […]