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(2020) JELR 113066 (CA)

Court of Appeal 22 May 2020 Nigeria
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- The Court of Appeal affirmed the jurisdiction of the Niger State High Court to try offences of criminal breach of trust, conspiracy, and conversion under the Penal Code, even where parallel money laundering charges exist before the Federa

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Suit Number:CA/A/171C/2018
Judges:STEPHEN JONAH ADAH, JCA PETER OLABISI IGE, JCA MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JCA
Counsel:OLAJIDE AYODELE SAN with A. O. AYODELE, M. A. AYODELE for the Appellant. AKINBORO A. OLUMUYIWA SAN, for the 1st Respondent. VERONICA ITOBEKENEN ASUELIMEN for the 3rd Respondent.
Location:Abuja

PETER OLABISI IGE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By his application dated and filed on the 30th October, 2017 the Appellant prayed the lower Court for the following Orders/Reliefs namely:-

"TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court shall be moved on.........day of October, 2017; at the hour of 9 O'clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel to the 1st Accused/Applicant can be heard praying this Honourable court for the following Orders/reliefs:

1. AN Order of this Honourable Court striking out the criminal charges contained in the case NO. NSHC/EFCC/2C/2017.
IN THE ALTERNATIVE.

2. AN Order directing that the charges in case No: NSHC/EFCC/2C/2017 be transferred to the Federal High Court Minna Niger State.

3. And for such further Orders or other Orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case.

GROUNDS UPON WHICH THIS APPLICATION IS BROUGHT:

(a) This Honourable court does not have jurisdiction to try the alleged offences having been provi…

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