By Emmanuel Oluwakorede, Lokoja
The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Josiah Majebi has signed new Area Court Civil Procedure Rules to guide procedures in the Area Court system of the State judiciary.
The new rule replaces the old one which is now obsolete.
Speaking in Lokoja at the signing of the new Area Court Rule after receiving the report of the review of the old one, Justice Majebi stressed the need for the judiciary to always work with the dictates of time.
According to him, the reviewed rules were improved upon to bring it in tandem with modern practice.
He maintained that that the reviewers were people of progressive foresight who were determined to be enviable and take leading positions just as he thanked the Judge supervising Area Courts in the state’s Council of Judges, Justice Moses Gwatana.
Earlier, Justice Gwatana and the Chairman of the committee, Hon. Badru Abdulghaniy, had separately informed the CJ of the ingredients of the review.
He stated that the essence of the review was to bring practice in the Area Courts in line with prevailing trends by amending the rules which have been in use since 1991.
He noted that the committee members were people who were determined for change, adding that their main objective was to work within the vision of the CJ for the judiciary and reviewing the rules for the Area Court, which is closer to the people.
In his presentation, Justice Badru said the new rules would serve the desired purpose as the committee had x-rayed and amended necessary areas in the old rules in response to current demands.
