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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has thrown his weight behind the appointment of more Judges into the Federal high court in order to clears cases in the duckets.

Bamidele who spoke at the plenary session after the confirmation of Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as subsantive (CJN) said that the principle of Federal Character must be adhered to the appointment of judges to the Federal High Court.

He added those states that are represented must be represented in the appointment of judges in the Federal High Court.

Bamidele said,” I stand to add my voice to this bill, we just listen to substantive CJN and even from short analysis nthat he gave in response to the question from one of our colleagues, Senator Suswan, it’s obvious that there is need for the National Assembly to support Judiciary on the need reduce the cases in the duckets of Federal High Court.

” The Federal High Court is one court that unified everybody , when we talked about the number, we might agree on the number that can be shared among 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). But, I don’t think the number needs to increase to 185.

” What is important is that every state must be included , on the doctrine of Federal Character in Judiciary, this will take care  the issue of lopesisdedness that is currently exist with some states having as much as four judges in Federal.High Court while some have only one while some don’t have at all.

” Hardly you will see any judge presiding over case in his state of origin , once you are appointed, you are.moved to any part of the country.”