Legal luminary FEMI FALANA SAN, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, JUSTICE IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD requesting that courts re-open and judges hear applications via video conferencing.

According to FALANA, this review is necessary in view of the fact that motions for the bail of many criminal suspects and applications are pending in several courts in all the states of the federation and in the federal capital territory.

He added that decision to re-open courts is also necessary to ensure that thousands of people who are either awaiting trial or under investigation are not subjected to unlawful detention.