Second Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association , Monday Onyekachi Ubani has reacted to the Supreme Court’s nullification of the conviction of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu.
Justice Mohammed Idris had convicted Kalu on a 39 count of N7.2 billion fraud and money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.Justice Amina Augie, who led a seven-man panel of Justices held that the trial Justice, Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos acted without jurisdiction.
The Senior lawyer opined, “Note that jurisdiction is a threshold issue and either a court has one or it does not have it and whenever the issue is raised even if for the first time at the supreme court and found to be lacking the Supreme Court will and has always nullify such trial. “This omission is very grave and anyone defending that the amendment should have been allowed to stand even after offending the constitution is very strong argument. Jurisdiction is key to every case in Nigeria, nay in the world”.
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