Federal High Court Judges Begin Annual Vacation July 27, Designates Courts for Urgent Cases
Federal High Court Judges Begin Annual Vacation July 27, Designates Courts for Urgent Cases
Judges of the Federal High Court of Nigeria will commence their 2026 annual vacation on July 27, with judicial activities scheduled to resume in September, the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho, has announced.
Justice Tsoho disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, stating that the vacation is in accordance with the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4(d) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019.
According to the statement, signed by the Director of Information of the Court, Dr. Catherine Oby Christopher, on behalf of the Chief Judge, the annual vacation will begin on Monday, July 27, 2026, and end on Friday, September 11, 2026.
The statement explained that the annual break is intended to provide judges with an opportunity to rest and prepare for the responsibilities of the new legal year.
Despite the vacation, the court assured litigants and members of the public that judicial services would continue for urgent matters through designated Vacation Courts across selected judicial divisions.
The statement noted that the Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Enugu Judicial Divisions would remain operational during the vacation period to hear cases requiring immediate judicial intervention.
Legal practitioners and members of the public were advised to file and prosecute only urgent matters at the designated Vacation Courts nearest to them.
For the Abuja Judicial Division, Justices Joyce Abdulmalik and Obiora Egwuatu have been appointed as Vacation Judges.
In Lagos, Justices Akintayo Aluko and Ogazi F. Nkemakonam will handle urgent cases, while Justices P. M. Ayua and A. T. Mohammed have been designated for the Port Harcourt Division.
At the newly created Enugu Judicial Division, Justices F. O. G. Ogunbanjo and M. T. Segun-Bello will serve as Vacation Judges.
Justice Tsoho also extended his best wishes to his colleagues, expressing hope that the vacation period would provide them with the needed rest ahead of the commencement of a new legal year.
The Federal High Court is one of Nigeria’s superior courts of record with jurisdiction over a wide range of civil, criminal, constitutional, revenue, maritime, banking, and other federal matters across the country.
By TimesNG