The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Adamawa state branch, has called on Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to appoint more Magistrates to preside over mobile courts for Numan and Girei roads, saying that the appointment of the Magistrates will enhance speedy dispensation of justice.
The NBA has also called on the government to deploy at lease a health worker at each court to check the health status of the defaulters, saying that association had noticed a great influx of the defaulters from the neighboring states; hence the need to ascertain their health condition.
It could be recalled that a mobile in Yola, the Adamawa state capital had on Monday convicted about 21 persons for violating the movement restriction order put in place by the state government with a view to curtailing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the state.
The Chairman of NBA in the state, Barr Aji Kamale who made the call in a statement forwarded to NEWS PLATFORM Tuesday, urged on the government to appoint the Magistrates specifically to preside over mobile courts for Numan and Girei roads respectively.
According to the NBA Boss, the deployment of the health workers at the courts will aid the state government to know the health status of the defaulters most especially those coming into the state.
Barr Aji Kamale stated that the call became necessary following the visitation of 6 Police Stations by NBA Human Right Monitoring Component on Covid-19 in Yola Adamawa state.
He disclosed that the NBA Monitoring Component which he personally led saw some trailers packed along Numan road waiting for the court to close so that they can come to Yola in the night.
He said that the Chairman State Board of Internal Revenue, Alhaji Hamma Adama Njabbari has been monitoring the compliance of payment of the fines imposed by the Court on the defaulters.
On the lockdown order, the Chairman noted that the state government did not intend to inflict hardship on the citizens through the instrumentality of the law by embarking on payment of fines, explaining that the best practice for the citizens is to give cogent reasons for their movement.
Barr Aji Kamale further appealed to Governor Fintiri to still relax its regulations by designating at least a day to enable citizens buy their immediate needs.
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