Funsho Balogun Towards reducing the workload of judges in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, courtesy of increased population and the attendant rise in criminal activities, the Senate has passed the FCT Amendment Bill 2016, increasing the number of judges in the High Court from 37 to 75. The bill was sponsored by Joshua Lidani (Gombe South) and co-sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, David Umaru, and Andy Uba. Umaru noted that the FCT Act had to be amended because it had not been touched since 2003. “The
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