CHINWE EUGENIA IYIZOBA, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Ruling of Federal High Court No 1 Ibadan in Charge No. FHC/IB/26C/2017 delivered on the 9th day of May 2017 Coram Ayo-Emmanuel J. transferring a criminal charge brought against the Appellant and 2 others to Court 2 where the Appellant had a pending application for injunction restraining the filing of charges against the Appellant.
THE FACTS: During the 2015 general elections, the Appellant and two others were among the leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State. They received the sum of N650, 000, 000.00 from a certain source for the 2015 election expenses. The Respondent claimed that investigation revealed that the N650, 000, 000.00 was proceeds of gratification received by the Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke from various Oil Marketers. The Respondent through EFCC arrested the Appellant and the two others and insisted that they must refund the …