AVERTING DELAY TACTICS AND CRIMINAL TRIALS IN NIGERIA.PART.2

They can be determinants of the delays and its time longevity. Moreover,the most prevalent delay tactics is raising of preliminary objection and therefore challenging the trial court jurisdiction,or better still,or charge validity by its, based on derivative effect be it sometimes imaginary and illusory,forcing the trial court to submit to or raise at least, ruling on the objections.With the ruling of the trial court,an will be quickly filed at the court of appeal.It may take two years,depending on the conection of the lawyers involved,and later filed appeal at the supreme court may also last for about another two years.This floodgate of unlawful outcomes. Along the line the accused would have been granted bail and some key witnessestravelled or died,while the sitting investigation officers might have been retired or transfered from service,killing the spirit of universal justice.Then,when the supreme court decides after four or 5years,to look into the case again,the memory of the public would have declined