The Anambra State Government has commenced a review of pending criminal cases arising from land disputes as part of efforts to decongest correctional centres and reform the state’s criminal justice system.
The government said many land-related disputes, which are civil in nature, had been criminalised and now account for a significant number of cases pending before courts in the state.
This was contained in a public notice signed by the Head of the Attorney General’s Chambers, Chinwe Okonkwo-Okom, on behalf of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Tochukwu Nweke.
The notice, dated June 1, 2026, was made available to journalists on Thursday.
It read, “The Honourable Attorney General of Anambra State has observed with concern the undue criminalisation of civil matters involving land disputes, which constitute a substantial number of the criminal cases pending in various courts in the State.
“As part of the ongoing correctional centre (prison) decongestion
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