Supreme Court Also Sits As A High Court! By Femi Falana (SAN) | Sahara Reporters As the constitution has limited the powers of the appellate courts to hear and determine appeals arising from the decisions of lower courts are we to believe that...READ MORE:
In the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered on May 9, 2020 in the case of Ude Jones Udeogu v Federal Republic of Nigeria , section 396 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 was declared illegal and unconstitutional. The section had empowered a newly appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal to return to the high court to complete a part heard criminal case. Consequently, the section has been struck down and expunged from the Act.
Thus by virtue of section 22 of the Supreme Court Act and section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act, both appellate courts are permitted by the National Assembly to jettison the judgments of high courts and rehear the cases as if they were filed in both courts as courts of first instance.
The Honourable Justice Stephen Adah of the Court of Appeal recently served as the chairman of a commission of enquiry set up by Governor Simon Bako Lakong of Plateau State. Similarly, the Honourable Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba was appointed the Chairman of the judicial commission of enquiry set up by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, which probed the brutal massacre of the Shiites in Zaria in December 2014.
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