Justice Amadi who made the appeal when the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary paid him a courtesy visit at the Judiciary complex said the move will help to reduce the number of inmates awaiting trial at the Correctional Center.
The Chief Judge also pleaded for the activation of the multi Court house law to reduce the number of cases before judges.
On his part, the Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Solomon Sokolo assured of the willingness of the house to amend the Anti-Cultism law to allow the trial of criminal cases by Magistrate Courts.
