Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe number of Justices of the Supreme Court drops from 14 to 13 as Justice Amiru Sanusi retires from the apex court’s bench today (Monday). With his retirement, the number of Supreme Court Justices, which is currently 14, will drop to 13, leaving a gap of eight Justices to make the full complement of 21. He stated, “It is worrying that the Supreme Court has yet to have its full complement of Justices on the Supreme Court bench. “This delay has created an unhealthy burden on the Supreme Court Justices who are now forced to overwork themselves. In many cases, appeals stay in the Supreme Court for 10 years before one can get a hearing date.

Source: Punch February 02, 2020 23:26 UTC