The government also maintained that the appellate court acted in error by striking out the charges against Kanu on the premise that the trial judge no longer had the jurisdiction to handle the matter.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The three justices that sat on the Court of Appeal panel that quashed the 15-count terrorism charge preferred against Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government have reportedly been transferred from their various divisions.
The appellate court justices were transferred four days after they delivered the judgment that discharged the embattled IPOB leader on October 13.
While the presiding justice, Jummai Sankey, who was in the Gombe Division of the court, has been moved to Awka Division; Justice Oludotun Adetope-Okojie, who delivered the lead judgment, was transferred to Owerri, and the third member of the panel, Justice Ebiowei Tobi, was moved to Gombe.
A memo dated October 17 and signed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, noted that the new posting for the justices was with immediate effect as they were expected to report to their new stations by October 21, reports The Guardian.
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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will on Monday, October 24 hear the appeal filed by the Federal Government to set aside the Appeal Court judgment in favour of Kanu.
The Federal Government, in the notice of appeal it hinged on seven grounds, wants the apex court to stay the execution of the judgment the appellate court delivered.
It is, among other things, arguing that the Appeal Court panel of three justices erred in law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when it relied on the manner Kanu was renditioned from Kenya to Nigeria to quash the entire charges against him after he jumped bail a trial court granted to him in 2017.
The government also maintained that the appellate court acted in error by striking out the charges against Kanu on the premise that the trial judge no longer had the jurisdiction to handle the matter.