By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA — The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, Wednesday, said the Ministry of Justice of the United Kindgom and the Nigerian judiciary have commenced talks on the possibility of judicial cooperation on terrorism related cases.

The CJN further disclosed that plan was on the way to train selected Nigerian judges, particularly in the area of case management, describing it as a relatively new genre in judicial process and an area in which the UK judiciary is deemed more experienced in.

According to a statement by media adviser to the CJN, Mohammed Adamu, a three-man counter terrorism delegation from the UK, yesterday, perfected the agreement with Justice Musdapher in his chamber at the Supreme Court.

“ The team was led by Ms. Wendy Hart from the British Ministry of Justice accompanied by Giles Lever, Deputy High Commissioner I Nigeria and Mr. Alex Agbamu, from that country’s Directorate of Public Prosecution.

“The visit came at the heels of UK’s Prime Minister’s earlier visit to Nigeria during which he and President Jonathan agreed in principle on the need for strengthening mutual cooperation between the two countries especially in the areas of preemption, disruption, counter and management of terrorism and terrorism related matters of which the judicial due process is key.

“Whenever sealed, the mutual cooperation agreement is envisaged to entail a select team of Nigerian judges regularly meeting their terrorism-savvy counterparts in the UK to rub minds on terrorism-case handling now globally handled with the utmost judicial tact and brevity.”