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    Ogoni Establishes Own Native Court System



    THE Ogoni people of Rivers State, Southern Nigeria, have established their own native court
    system as part of their efforts for autonomy. Already, the Senator representing then in the Nigerian Senate, Magnus Abe, is clamouring for the ''unbundling'' of Nigeria.
    The native court system is a three tier system which comprises village, district and appeal courts. The court system will function as an independent arm of the Ogoni Central Indigenous Authority  (OCIA).
    WE gathered on Saturday that the court is to improve the effective administration of justice for nearly 96 percent of the Ogoni population who allegedly suffer in silence without access to the justice at the grassroots.
    President of the Ogoni mass organisation, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Dr. Goodluck Diigbo, has however, announced the establishment of the OgoniCustomary Court Council.
    Diigbo who was addressing newly elected Ogoni lawmakers said the council is to review and produce comprehensive customary court laws indigenous to Ogoni.
    He said laws meant for the administration of justice in Ogoni should be such that can protect all indigenous rights.
    The screening and appointment of officers of the council will be completed in the first week of August 2012. Diigbo said that the Ogoni authority will collaborate with the national government and relevant international institutions and NGOs to standardize the work of the council
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