MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgement): The facts leading to this appeal are simple. From the Record of Appeal and the Briefs of Argument filed by the learned senior counsel for the parties, the Respondent was arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abuja (trial court) on a fifteen (15) counts Amended Charge filed on the 14th of January, 2022 for offences contrary to Sections 1(2)(b), 16, 1 (2), 1 (2)(f) of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment), Act, 2013 and Section 47 (2) (a) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP C47, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (as contained at pages 267-272 of vol. 1 of the Record of Appeal). He pleaded not guilty to all the offences of the charge and on the 19th January, 2022, the learned SAN for the Respondent filed a Notice of Preliminary Objection pursuant to Section 6 (6) (A) of the 1999 Constitution and sought for the following orders from the trial court:-
"1. AN ORDER striking out/quashing and or dismissing the 15- Court Amended Ch…