Nigeria, May 10 -- The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal has temporarily relocated to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, where the appellate court is handling a backlog of over 100 cases.

Four panels began sitting on Thursday, with three panellists each at the Judiciary Complex in Kobape, on the outskirts of Abeokuta.

Described as an intervention week, the court is using the period to handle the cases which emanated from Ogun State and constitute 80 per cent of cases before the court.

The state Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade, addressing journalists on the development, noted that the cases, mostly on commercial activities, constituted the bulk of cases before the appellate court.

He said this explained the temporary ...