The judges and staff of the Federal High Court will go on an election break from Thursday.
This break would allow them to return to their polling unit and vote during the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections.
The elections would be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
This break was disclosed in a circular entitled: “BREAK FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS”.
The circular was signed by the Chief Judge of FHC, Justice John.T. Tsoho.
The Chief Justice in the circular permitted the judges to observe a “short break”.
“In view of the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
“Your lordships are by this circular letter permitted to observe a short break in order to perform your civic duties,” Tsoho stated.
The courts was directed to sit up to Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 before proceeding on the break.
Then, the courts are expected to resume work on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
Tosho directed the Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt divisions to assign a judge to preside over “urgent” cases coming from their respective jurisdictions, during the break.
“The administrative judges in the Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt judicial divisions shall ensure that a judge is designated to cater for the north, south-west, south-south/south-east geopolitical areas respectively, regarding urgent matters during the period,” the circular added.
Election Timetable
The presidential and national assembly elections would be held on February 25, 2023.
Counting of results will begin immediately after votes have been cast across all polling units
Furthermore, the results would be forwarded to the Federal Capital Territory.
At the FCT, the results would be announced after the counting has been done.
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Gubernatorial elections would be held on March 11, 2023, for some states while others (Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi) would be held on November 9, 2023.
