It was not business as usual in all courts mainly at magistrate level. The word “adjourned” became the common phrase across all courts countrywide as judges and magistrates deferred criminal cases for lack of prosecution. Litigants/clients who entered any criminal court yesterday were greeted with a common scene of the presiding judicial officer, court clerks and private lawyers but with no State prosecutor. Prosecutors are attorneys who handle criminal cases on behalf of the State. Their absence or boycott means no criminal case could be heard, no suspect could be charged nor remanded and all cases fixed for
yesterday and the subsequent days were adjourned or will be adjourned as long as the prosecutors stay on their strike.