Tag: Appeal Court

Pending Cases: Apeal Court has 39,526 – Justice Dongben-Mensem

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, has said that the appellate court has 39,526 pending cases. Justice Dongben-Mensen made this known during a ceremony to usher in the 2023/2024 new legal year. She said the appeal court received a total of 7,295 appeals and 3,665 motions in the 2022/2023 legal year. “During the 2022/2023 legal year, a total of 7,295 appeals and 3,665 motions were filed in the 20 Divisions of the Court. “The court determined 3,765 cases and disposed of 5,617 motions. 1,030 of these…

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Presidential election petition tribunal judgment to be broadcast live ‘for transparency’ – Appeal Court

Aminu Imam

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023 to deliver judgement in petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the February 25 presidential election. In a statement, Chief Registrar, Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, said that the judgement will be televised live for the sake of transparency and that any television station interested will be allowed to broadcast the event live. In a statement issued on Monday, Bangari said, “In a bid to promote transparency and…

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Presidential Election: Court declines Obi’s request to stop INEC from reconfiguring

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal has refused to grant the prayer of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), seeking to stop the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS). The appellate court refused to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from reconfiguring the BVAS ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections. In the ruling delivered yesterday, a three-member panel of the court of appeal led by Joseph Ikyegh, held that restraining the electoral commission would impede INEC from conducting the March 11 elections. In an…

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Appeal Court upholds Zamfara PDP Governorship primary election

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal Sokoto division on Friday upheld the primary election which produced Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare as candidate of the PDP for the March 11, governorship election in Zamfara. The first PDP Governorship Primary election was held on May 25, 2022. The primary was challenged at Federal High Court in Gusau. The court ordered for fresh primary election which the re-run was conducted on Sept. 23, 2022 and also quashed by the same court for irregularities. Not satisfied, the Appellants, Lawal-Dare, Adamu Maina-Waziri, the chairman primary election committee and retired…

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Stay of Execution Judgment: Nnamdi Kanu approaches Supreme Court, appeals judgment

Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, confirmed that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu had approached the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the court’s judgment discharging him. The lead lawyer to IPOB and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, said this in an issued statement, yesterday. Recall that the appellate court had on Oct. 13, freed Kanu of the terrorism and treasonable felony charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. The three-member panel had, in the judgment, set aside…

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Kanu to remain in DSS detention facility – Abuja Appeal Court

Aminu Imam

The Appeal Court in Abuja, yesterday, upheld the Federal Government’s application for stay of execution of the October 13 judgment which discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). The presiding judge, Justice Haruna Tsamani, in his decision, also ordered that the result of the ruling be forwarded to the Supreme Court within seven day for expeditious hearing. This means Kanu is expected to remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), pending when the Supreme Court hears the case. Recall that the…

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IPOB: Appeal Court discharges Nnamdi Kanu, strikes out charges

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has discharged the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The appellate court discharged and acquitted him of the seven-count charge pending against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The court, in a decision by a three-man panel led by Justice Jummai Hanatu, said it was satisfied that FG flagrantly violated the law, when it forcefully rendered Kanu from Kenya to the country for the continuation of his trial. It held that such extra-ordinary rendition, without adherence…

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FG Vs. ASUU: Appeal Court defers ruling till today, Friday

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has adjourned till today, Friday, to rule on an application the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), filed to stay the execution of the ruling of the National Industrial Court, (NIC), which ordered an end to its on-going strike action. Lawyers for the Federal Government and the Union – James Igwe (SAN) and Femi Falana (SAN) – could not resolve the eight months-old strike, despite the out-of-court settlement as advised by the appellate Court. A three-man panel of the appellate court, led by…

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Court jails Nigerian senator for 7 years over money laundering

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced the Senator representing Delta-North senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi, to seven years imprisonment for money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), arraigned Nwaoboshi and his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Limited and Suiming Electrical Limited on a two-count charge of fraud and money laundering. The defendants were arraigned over the acquisition of a property named Guinea House in Marine Road, Apapa, Lagos, for N805 million. The Commission alleged that the N322 million Suiming Electrical Ltd transferred on behalf of Nwaoboshi…

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Electoral Act 2022: Appeal Court nullifies judgment voiding Section 84(12), says it’s unconstitutional

Aminu Imam

…Voids Umuahia judgment The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, set aside the judgment of Justice Evelyn Anyadike, of a Federal High Court in Umuahia, which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a verdict by a three-member panel headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka, held that the Federal High Court, Umuahia, had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to have filed the suit in the first place. The appellate court ruled that…

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