NBA backs Special Courts for kidnapping, banditry cases

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By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Sagbama Branch, Barr. Ogheneochuko Sampson, has endorsed calls for the establishment of special courts to fast-track the prosecution of kidnapping and banditry cases across the country.
Speaking with journalists at the State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Yenagoa, Sampson described the proposal by Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as a welcome development, but expressed doubts about the willingness of governments to provide the resources needed for its implementation.
According to him, special courts dedicated to kidnappi...