By Ogbuabor, L. L. M.
Access to Justice is a very significant component of the Rule of Law and Democracy worldwide. That is why today, the British Department for International Development and other similar agencies are paying serious attention to it.109 In developing democracies, such as Nigeria particularly with its military antecedents in governance, issues concerning access to Justice take the centre stage. More often than not, whenever issues of access to justice come up for discussion, what readily comes to mind are such matters as locus standi, ouster clauses, state immunity and delay in the administration of Justice.