ABUBAKAR DATTI YAHAYA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st respondent in this appeal, was the complainant in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja (the trial Court). It filed a 65 - count charge against six defendants, the appellant in this appeal being the 3rd defendant. The charges are under Sections 97(1) and 315 of the Penal Code Cap 535 Laws of the Federation 1990. The 1st defendant challenged the jurisdiction of the trial Court. The appellant made a No case submission, as did the other defendants charged. The trial Court delivered its Ruling on the 26th February 2016, wherein it overruled the No case submission made by the appellant and reserved Ruling in respect of the challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court, raised by the 1st defendant, to the end of the substantive case.
Being dissatisfied, the appellant filed a Notice of Appeal against the Ruling, on three grounds of appeal which are -
GROUND 1
The learned trial judge misdirected himself in law …