SPECIAL REPORT: How decrepit court facilities hamper justice delivery in Nigeria's capital

High Court, Abuja, asked lawyers to remove their wigs and gowns amid sweltering heat in the courtroom.

Mr Chukwuemeka said toilets and lawyers’ dressing rooms are in deplorable conditions across courts in Abuja. “If a lawyer is pressed and there is no place to ease himself, he would be forced to seek an adjournment.”He recalled that the immediate-past Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Ishaq Bello, who retired in January, had to inspect the court’s division at Apo following lawyers’ persistent complaints about smelly toilets and general infrastructural decay.

“Had there been microphones and other communication gadgets in our courtrooms to amplify lawyers’ submissions as well as the judge’s questions, cases wouldn’t have been adjourned because of mere rain,” the lawyer said.Daniel Bwala, a lawyer, also said the absence of a functional electronic case management system has slowed down the adjudication of suits in Nigeria.

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