Ministerial nominee and legal practitioner, Festus Keyamo SAN has pledged to unbundle the Supreme Court of Nigeria if appointed as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
He expressed disappointment that the Supreme Court was congested with frivolous cases.
Keyamo stated this on Friday when he appeared on the floor of the Senate for screening as a ministerial nominee.
He made a case of having apex courts in the six geopolitical zones of the country.
He said: “If I am AGF, I have the idea I call the three Ds that will be at the heart of judicial reforms: decongestion of Supreme Court, decongestion of prisons and decongestion of cases lists in courts.
“My first task (if appointed AGF) will be to unbundle the Supreme Court; it is the busiest in the world and that is not acceptable. Some of the cases that go there are frivolous. This country is big enough to have six regional courts”.
Other nominees screened include: Hadi Sirika (Katsina), Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Pauline Tallen (Plateau), Muhammad Dingyadi (Sokoto), Ali Pantami (Gombe).
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
