The Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Asagba Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, has announced the setting up of a Committee to determine the traditional administration of justice in his kingdom.
The Committee, according to the Prof of Law and two-term Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Committee is headed by Chike Onyemenam, SAN.
Disclosing this while playing host to members of the Otu Ihaza of Asaba who paid him a visit, Asagba Prof Azinge said the Committee would consider the jurisdiction of the community’s appeal panel, the time frame for filing appeal and the cases within the jurisdiction of the appeal panel to entertain.
The Asagba said the Committee had been mandated to carry out the assignment as quickly as possible and could co-opt the Onoi and Olotor, representing the Ebos, in the course of the engagement.
He expressed the hope that the concerns raised, including the relationship between the Otu Ihaza and the Dispute Resolution Panel, the possibility of ratifying the decisions of the Panel and whether or not to increase the fines, would be addressed in the anticipated Committee’s report.
His Royal Majesty commended the group for delivering on its mandate in spite of the obvious challenges it had to contend with, expressing satisfaction with the level of commitment and dedication of the members and promising to look into the issue of dilapidated secretariat of the institution.
Earlier, the Onoi of Asaba and leader of the Otu Ihaza, Ogbueshi Uche Nwajei, highlighted the challenges militating against the effective functioning of the group and urged the Asagba to look into them to position the body to seamlessly play its role.
They include the relationship between the group and the Dispute Resolution Panel, unspecified time frame for filing of appeal, the possibility of increasing the group’s fine and dilapidated secretariat.
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