FROM MIJINYAWA BABA-UTHMAN MINNA.
The chief Judge of Niger State Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has announced the temporary relocation of Lapai High court to the Chief Magistrate court complexe in Lapai.
The Chief Judge announcement of the relocation of the court was contained in a press release signed by the chief Registrar of the state High court Hajiya Amina Lamide Musa explained that the relocation was as a result of the ongoing renovation works going on at the High court.
According to the Chief Judge with this announcement, members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Minna and Suleja as well as Ligants should file their process in the temporary location of the High court.
It Further directed members of the Public and counsels to Chanelle their ligatigations and other necessary processes for prompt judicial and administrative action.
The Lapai High court, has been in deplorable states in the last ten years as the ceiling board and entire building is almost falling down forcing the workers to take refuge when it rains.
Apart from the ceiling, the roof and toilet facilities were begging for repairs just the judge chamber and the registrar office were not even habitable.
Worried by the inhabitable conditions of the court building, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik swiftly relocated the court to the temporary office of the Lapai Magistrate court for speedy administration of justice
In a telephone interview with rimawanewsblong in Minna at the weekend, the chief registrar of the state High Court Hajiya Amina Lamide Musa- Saidu explained that the chief Judge directed the immediate relocation of the High court during an inspection visit to the court.
She said during the visit the chief Judge discovered that the deplorable condition of the court would not be convenient for the staff to perform their duty effectively " which informed her decision to relocate to Lapai Magistrate court"
She explained that arrangements are on ground to commence the renovation of the court " But for now the court has to be relocated pending the completion of the renovation of the court.
Although she said she could not remember when the Lapai High court was built rimawanewsblong gathered that the court was built some nineteen years back and successful leadership of the Judiciary has not renovated the court.
