My people, make we talk serious matter wey concern jurisdiction for our courts. E be like say many people no sabi wetin be jurisdiction, but na wetin dey determine if court fit hear your case or not.
For our justice system, if court no get jurisdiction, no matter how the trial shine, e go end up being zero, like all those goals wey no enter net!
You fit call am say jurisdiction na the lifeblood of court matter, because without am, anything wey court do na null and void. Just like that Madukolu gist wey don lay foundation for jurisdiction matter since time!
This matter don dey hot with the Supreme Court wey don troway their own clarion call as per jurisdiction wey fit make or mar your case. Justice Nweze wey don talk say, if court no get jurisdiction, dem no fit even try your case. Na so am be!
Imagine say you wan go court, all your paper no gree comply, na waste of time, energy and resources wey go come dey choke everybody. You fit even dey see person dey win case, but if jurisdiction gree say dem no follow due process, that win fit nullify like mirage.
Wetin dey make am serious, na say the court fit raise jurisdiction matter anytime. No need to wait for person wey don dey victim before dem fit shout! If they notice, even demself fit raise am if e gree strike dem like thunder.
Make I gist you, there was dis case wey take over nine years just because dem no take notice of non-signature wey dey make the whole thing waka bad from start. Na risk wey dey happen when person no sabi how to handle jurisdiction matter.
The court don even talk say, no be time to dey waste; if the parties no sabi wetin dem dey do, e fit lead to wahala.We all dey cry say justice no dey fast, but if dem fail to raise jurisdiction matter timely, na dem dey waste time for court life!
But the matter fit get solution o! Just like wetin some judges dey suggest, make e be say when dem dey face jurisdiction issue, make dem settle am before dem go carry dey sharp sharp matter. Na wetin go make entire system flow better and save money wey fit enter our pocket!
No be say if dem finish all the long journey go Supreme Court, suddenly somebody go come dey raise jurisdiction matter, and everything go scatter like wetin we dey see in many cases.
Na why we dey call for some reforms to make this matter carry sense. Judiciary need to move with the times, because the old way no dey follow the global trend anymore. No be any how you go just come dey raise jurisdiction matter anytime like say na bread wey dem dey share for street!
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