Oyo Judiciary Begins E-Filing In Magistrate Courts

The Oyo State Judiciary has commenced e-filing of court processes within its magistrate court as part of efforts to digitalise the court and make justice dispensation in the state quick, effective and less cumbersome.

It was gathered that e-filing for Oyo Magistracy was inaugurated on Monday at the High Court premises with a presentation on modalities for operation displayed to judges, magistrate and representatives of lawyers.

Speaking at the inauguration of the e- filing for magistrate courts, the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Ladipo Abimbola urged legal practitioners to embrace the ongoing digitilisation of the court as it is in line with global best practices and is designed to make their work faster, easy and ensure efficient justice delivery.

According to him, “E-filing is one of the aspects of digitalising the magistrate court and fast tracking the processes as it means that lawyers no longer need to appear physically at the court registry to file processes, they just need to do it online from the comfort of their homes or offices.

“It will cut the the time uses in filing processes for cases and subsequently, reduce the time used on individual cases. We have started e-affidavit so we already have a process; the materials needed for it to work are already in place,” he said.

Justice Abimbola explained that there will be training and workshops for lawyers and other stakeholders, especially those who are ICT complaint to facilitate the the use of the e-filling.