Nigeria, June 3 -- Lawyers in Enugu North District, Enugu State, protested on Tuesday the refusal of judges across the zone to hold physical proceedings, years after they had resorted to virtual proceedings.

The lawyers, in a video clip circulating on Facebook, lamented that the judges' refusal to revert to physical proceedings had affected the effective dispensation of justice.

They threatened to boycott further virtual court proceedings unless urgent reforms were carried out in the zone and judges resumed physical proceedings.

The lawyers, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, were drawn from five judicial divisions in Nsukka Zone which are Nsukka, Obollo-Afor, Enugu-Ezike, Ogbede and Umulokpa.

Speaking during the protest which was held across th...