The Federal High Court of Nigeria will suspend proceedings for two working days, Friday, March 17 and Monday, March 20, to allow judges to participate in the governorship and house of assembly elections taking place this weekend.
Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, has directed the court’s justices to preside over cases until Thursday, March 16, before taking a break.
The Federal High Court is expected to resume hearings on Tuesday, March 21. The directive was issued in a circular titled ‘Break for the 2023 governorship and House of Assembly elections’ on March 15.
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It read;
“Your Lordships are, by this circular, granted a short break in order to perform your civic duties during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections.
“The break shall be from Friday, March 17, 2023, to Monday, March 20, 2023. All honourable judges shall resume work on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
“The administrative judges in the Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt Judicial Divisions shall ensure that a judge is designated to cater for the North, South-West, and South-South/South-East geo-political areas, respectively, regarding urgent matters during the period.”
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