CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the instance of one of the prosecutorial agencies of the First respondent, namely, the Independent Corrupt practices and Other Related crimes commission [throughout this judgment referred to as ICPC, for short], the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (hereinafter referred to as the trial court) granted leave for the preferment of Charge No: FCT/HC/CR/44/2010 against the second and third respondents in this appeal and the appellant [the third accused person in the said charge].
When the accused persons [the second and third respondents and the appellant in this appeal] were arraigned before the trial court, the appellant herein (as third accused person) sought, by Notice of Preliminary Objection, an order of the trial court setting aside the said leave [granted as aforesaid] and a further order of the said court quashing both the charge and his arraignment. The objection was premised on the ground that, since the …