COURT OF APPEAL OF NIGERIA
Court of Appeal (COA)
(Hears appeals from the judgments of)
- Federal High Court
- The High Court of State
- The High Court of Federal Capital
- The Sharia Court of Appeal
- The Customary Court of Appeal
- Abuja
- States
- The Court of Conduct Tribunals
- The Election Tribunal (Particularly, the National Assembly Election Tribunals)
COA has original jurisdiction as Court of First Instance (COFI) in the President Election Petitions.
16 Divisions of COA
- Lagos(Since 1976)
- Kaduna(Since 1976)
- Enugu(Since 1976)
- Ibadan(Since 1977)
- Benin(Since 1977)
- Jos(Since 1983)
- Port Harcourt(Since 1989)
- Abuja(Since 1995)
- Calabar(Since 1999)
- Ilorin(Since 1999)
- Owerri(Since 2009)
- Sokoto(Since 2009)
- Yola(Since 2009)
- Ekiti(Since 2009)
- Akure(Since 2009)
- Makurdi(Since 2009)
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