Ebonyi State has repealed all hitherto existing laws and procedures in the administration of criminal justice.

This followed the effectual commencement of a new law on Administration of Criminal Justice delivery, tagged: “Administration of criminal justice law of Ebonyi State, otherwise known as law 014 of 2019.”

The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cletus Ofoke, made this known on Friday while briefing newsmen on the provisions of the new law.

According to Ofoke, who is also the Chairman, Ebonyi State Criminal Justice Sector Reform Committee, the new law was an adopted replica of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of the Federal Government, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

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