For many Nigerians, the courts have become a source of frustration, not just for issuing frivolous orders or delivering controversial, vague, and inconsistent judgments, but also for the growing delays in providing certified true copies of those judgments to litigants, Davidson Iriekpen writes
One of the major fallouts from the Federal High Court in the suit filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate over her suspension was the delay in releasing the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment. About a week after the verdict, both the Senate and Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyers waited anxiously for the CTC to know the next line of action to take, for a document that should have been released the same day.
CTCs of court judgments are a vital and verified duplicate of the original court decision, officially stamped and signed to confirm their authenticity. They are necessary documents for various legal processes, such as filing an appeal, seeking enforcement of judgments, or proving a court decision in other legal matters.
