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By Martins Abochol

Justice Joel Agya, Chief Judge of Taraba on Wednesday commenced the digitisation of court proceedings.

Agya, during a court sitting at the Court One,  state High Court Jalingo, said that all  courts would eventually be digitised after the pilot programme.

He expressed satisfaction with the application of the new technology, confirming that it had  fasttracted  court proceedings.

Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer, Comprehensive Software Solutions Nigeria Ltd, the firm handling the installation of the e-court, said that the digitisation  was in line with the global best practices.

Ibrahim said that the process has limited challenges as it fasttracted speedy dispensation of sound judgments.

He added that the firm was training staff of the court on technical processes in handling the technology.

” You can see by yourself how fast e-court can enable judges in speedy handling of cases.

“Court proceedings that can take up to six hours today took  one and half  hours,” Ibrahim said.

Mr Micheal Angwe, one of the counsels in the court congratulated the CJ  on the installation of the e-court.

Angwe said that the electronic proceedings would go a long way in the enthronement of speedy dispensation of justice.

NAN reports that the court, which commenced it sitting at 9 am closed at 11 am after hearing eight cases. (NAN)

Edited by Gabriel Yough

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