The Federal High Court of Nigeria has fixed July 4 for commencent of it’s 2023 annual vacation on July 24 in line with the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 of the Court’s Civil Procedure Rules 2019.
The Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho made this known in a statement on Friday, stating that the vacation will commence from Monday July 24, 2023 to Friday September, 15, 2023 while the Court shall resume sitting on Monday, September, 18, 2023.
The statement which was signed by the Assistant Director of Information of the Court, Catherine Christopher, mentioned that the vacation was approved by the Chief Judge in order for Judges of the court to rest and prepare for the challenges of the New Legal year.
The statement also hinted that, during the vacation, litigants would be at liberty to approach vacation Judges in their areas of jurisdiction in Abuja, Lagos and Port-Harcourt for their respective matters.
The Vacation Judges for Abuja are
Justices Ahmed Mohammed
and Obiora Egwuatu while that of Lagos is
Justices I. N. Oweibo and Justice A. Akiko and Port-Harcourt having Justices A. T. Mohammed and Justice S.I. Mark.
