The Federal High Court will on Wednesday commence a  5-Day Vacation  in view of the 2023 gubernatorial and House of Assembly Elections to perform their civic duties.

The Chief Judge, Hon. Justice John T. Tsoho, made the announcement in a circular addressed to all the judges on Thursday, 2nd March 2023.

Part of the circular reads “In view of the forthcoming Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Your Lordships are by this circular permitted to observe a short break in order to perform your civic duties.

Your Lordships are to sit up to Wednesday, 8th March 2023 before proceeding on the break and shall resume work on Tuesday, 14th March 2023

The administrative judges in the Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt Judicial Division, shall ensure that a judge is designated to cater for the North, South-West, South-South/South-East Geo-political Areas respectively, regarding urgent matters during the period.”