The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Hon. Justice John Tsoho has effected the redeployment of some judges of the court.

In a statement made available to Blueprint in Abuja by the court’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine Oby, the CJ, the redeployments take immediate effect. 

The affected Judges the statement directed are to make their best endeavour to deliver all pending judgements in their current stations within the shortest possible time.

The redeployed judges are Hon. Justice M. G. Umar, who was redeployed from Enugu Judicial Division to Abuja.

Others are Hon. Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim, from Gombe Division to Yola Division, Hon. Justice M. T. Segun-Bello; from Abakaliki Division to Enugu Division, Hon. Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman; from Yola Division to Awka Division and Hon. Justice Amina Aliyu Mohammed; from Awka Division to Gombe Division.

Meanwhile, the Judges currently resident in the Abakaliki and Katsina Judicial Divisions shall take responsibility for all the cases already pending or newly instituted in their respective Divisions, until otherwise instructed.

In a related development, the court has notified the general public that all cases pending before Court No. 5 in the Abuja Judicial Division will be attended to by the Judge who has been moved to Abuja for that purpose.

“Consequently, there is no need for litigants and /or counsel to apply to the Hon. The Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the Court,” the statement added.