Elelu-Habeeb Wants Customary Court of Appeal in Kwara

Date: 2012-09-28

The immediate-past Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, has stressed the need for the State Government to establish a Customary Court of Appeal in the state, saying that it would ensure quick dispensation of justice.

She posited that the creation of the court would cater for appeal cases emanating from area courts.

The retired justice made the call at a Valedictory session held in her honour and to mark the commencement of the 2012/2013 new legal year, held at the Main High Court Complex, Ilorin.

She asserted that the establishment of the court was enshrined in the 1999 Constitution, saying "If the court is established in Kwara State, many cases coming from area courts will be handled by the Customary Court of Appeal.

"You would recall that sometime in 2008, I muted the idea of having the court in the state. This is permissible under the Constitution.

"All law students in the Nigeria Universities read native law and customs as part of their degree courses.

"Cases bordering on land matters, inheritance and family law are mostly within the scope of native law and customs".

The retired chief judge also maintained that the establishment of the court would go a long way in creating job opportunities for kwarans.

She said, "The Government has nothing to lose. Salaries and allowances of the President and Judges of the court will be taken care of by the National Judicial Council, just as it is done in the case of the High Court and the Sharia Court of Appeal".

The Jurist, however, urged her successor to continue to front the advocacy, saying the present administration in the state is a listening and considerate government.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Salihu Jibril Garbi     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Sarah Jubril     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oke-Ode     New Nigeria People’s Party     Ubandawaki     Oyelere Oyinloye     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Kuliyan Geri     Hassan A. Saliu     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Elese Of Igbaja     Idris Amosa Saidu     Moses Afolayan     Amuda Bembe     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Bolaji Abdullahi     Yusuf Ali     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Revenue Court     Playing Host     Lawan     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Rapheal Ashaolu     Kwarareports.com     Moro     Oke-Ogun     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Okin Malt     Idowu Aremu     Public Holiday     Neo Mundo Ltd     Salihu Yahaya     Ileloke     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Baba Issa Awoye     Labaeka     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Kumbi Titilope     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Adeniyi Ojo     Kwara Hotel     Bisi Kristien     Abdulraheem Olesin     Rueben Parejo     Code Of Conduct     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Wahab Abayawo     Lucky Omoluwa     PPS     First Lady     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Col. Taiwo     Belgore     Afonja Descendants Union     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Musa Aibinu     Segun Ogunsola     Ndakene     Isin     March 28     Bature Bello     Adekunle David Dunmade     Emmanuel Bello     Isaac Gbenle     Umar Gunu     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Taofik Mustapha     IYA ALFA NLA     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Idiagbon     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Minimum Wage     Waziri Yakubu Gobir    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KWSIEC     Ilorin Metro Park     Yusuf A. Usman     Eleja     Prince Bola Ajibola     Metro Park     Alanamu     Mohammed Ibrahim     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Gani Saadu     Shao     Shettima Of Ilorin     Joseph Bamigboye     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Segun Adeniyi     Public Holiday     Amuda Musbau     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Otuka     Mazars Consulting     Kulende     Igosun     Omupo     JUSUN     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Firdaos Amasa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Nnazua     Mike Omotosho     CT Ayeni     Segun Abifarin     Oyelere Oyinloye     Elerin Of Adanla     Onilorin     Saadu Yusuf     Adesoye     Doyin Group     Yekini Adio     Amos Sayo     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     SARS     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ilorin Like-Minds     KWASEIC     Alfa Belgore     Pilgrims Board     Sola Saraki University     National Party Of Nigeria     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Saka Isau     Adeola Abraham     Just Law Forum     Emmanuel Bello     Olatunde Michaels     Boko Haram     CBT     TIC     Gbemi Saraki     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Roheemat Hammed     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Kwarareports     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Yunus Lawal     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kisra     Rafiu Ajakaye     Akorede     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Baboko Primary School