The National Judicial Council has issued policy directions on political and election-related cases to the head of courts in Nigeria.
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The new policy, issued at the NJC’s meeting held on Wednesday, gives strict rules to politicians on where they should file their political and election-related cases.
Announced by NJC’s information director, Soji Oye, in a statement after Wednesday’s meeting, the new policy also contains rules on how heads of courts and judges must handle such suits that have been ruled upon by a court of coordinate jurisdiction.
The statement said the NJC issued the new policy at the meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, who doubles as the chair of the council, to prevent another wave of conflicting decisions from courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
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