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[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

The unknown comedy of errors in Kanu’s trial

By ALOY EJIMAKOR

Throughout the trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before Justice Omotosho, I remained profoundly bordered that the Court was in grave error in conducting the trial under the repealed Terrorism Prevention and Amendment Act 2013 (TPAA 2013) instead of the current Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act 2022 (TPPA 2022).

In particular, the key provision of the current law that should have guided the trial (or no trial) is Section 76 of TPPA 2022 which bestowed jurisdiction on the Court for a criminal act committed overseas ONLY if “the act constitutes an offence under the law of the foreign state where the act occurred”, instead of the repealed TPAA 2013 which recognized jurisdiction “regardless of whether or not the act is an offense in the foreign state where it occurred”.

It is conceded that the offences with which Kanu was charged were allegedly committed between 2018 and 2021 when the TPAA 2013 was still in force. It is also true that the TPPA 2022 did not repeal the TPAA 2013 into oblivion, because it contains specific savings clauses in Sections 97 and 98 which preserved liabilities incurred under the repealed Act.

At first impression, these savings clauses in the new law suggest that the trial itself can continue under provisions of the repealed law. However, the Supreme Court has held in many cases that repealed laws cannot sustain trials, in toto. See Ifediora v. Idigo. So, while Section 98 TPPA 2022 (relied upon by Justice Omotosho) saved offenses committed pre-repeal (2018–2021), it did not trump substantive jurisdictional issues like double criminality, which is a substantive precondition that must be met.

In DPP v. Okocha, jurisdictional hurdles were assessed under current law, not the repealed law, despite saving clauses. To understand why, think of the Armed Robbery and Firearms Decree (and the military tribunals under it) which sunset (ended) in 1999 when Nigeria returned to democracy.

Thus, from 1999 to today, all pending armed robbery cases were not dismissed but were migrated out of the repealed Decree and brought under the current laws in force. It is the same with the 1979 Constitution which ceased to be applicable once the 1999 Constitution was enacted, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act which repealed the Criminal Procedure Code in 2015.

So, while all the statutes cited above contained savings clauses like the TPAA 2013, all matters pending under them were brought in conformity with the current law. This is exactly what Mazi Nnamdi Kanu requested Justice Omotosho to do, but he refused, thus occasioning grave errors and miscarriage of justice.

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

This trending video reveals how, before Independence, the Willinks Commission recognized Igbos as indigenous to Rivers State and Port Harcourt as an Igbo territory. It also reveals how the Civil War was used as a cover to trigger the identity crisis that persists to this day.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor Good one Bar. Aloy. So far, this... FG has shown nothing but disregard for the law you still hold dear to heart while MNK continues to suffer the consequences.

This battle has never been about justice but oppression. You guys must "up" your game.

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

Nigerian woman serving in the U.S. Army publicly appeals to President Donald Trump over the visa denial of her 10-year-old daughter, who has been separated from her for years and is currently critically ill in Nigeria.

The mother says she wants to bring her daughter to the United States to access better medical treatment but has reportedly been denied a visa.

🎥: Ada_amakassyq // TT

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

Dear all: @Grok has debunked the news of the ARREST of Temmy Okanlomo, whose social media comment urging the Yoruba to kill an Igbo who bought property in Yoruba land, which sparked calls for his arrest. So, Ndigbo in America should stay on the matter until the FBI takes action.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor Dear @AloyEjimakor why are we begging governments of the world to do the needful and what they ordinarily should never condone? Yet they watch these things happen and do nothing.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor This shames America if it is true

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

This video is for the usual suspects who, by their attacks on MAZI NNAMDI KANU, indirectly supported that man who called for #MNK to be killed. Our gallant brother, J.C. Okechukwu spoke so eloquently on it and shamed every Igbo who supports such abomination by attacking MNK.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@OkwukKanu Spoken well

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor Does he mean it?

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

Do you know that the Nigerian government owes MAZI NNAMDI KANU a lot of debts? My colleague, Barr Maxwell Opara reels out some of them here.

[Uchechi Okwu-Kanu @OkwukKanu]

A conscious government does not measure its success by speeches or political promises. It measures success by the opportunities it creates for its children.
The true wealth of a nation is not found in its oil, its loans or its politicians. It is found in the minds of its children.
When a country allows poverty, unsafe schools and examination fees to stand between a child and an education, it is not investing in its future.
It is slowly abandoning it.
And perhaps the greatest tragedy is not that leaders have lowered the standard.
It is that many citizens have been conditioned to celebrate it.

Uchechigeme Anyanwụụtụtụ Okwu-Kanu

15.07.2026.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor That's Mr/Prof Udeke. A good man and lecturer

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

Do you know that foreign ships pass Eastern Nigeria before they get to Lagos? The details, plus more unknown facts, are revealed here.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor This is not a country

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor There's nothing new in this country

[aloy ejimakor @AloyEjimakor]

If Peter Obi wants to divide Nigeria, what does Boko Haram want to do? To unite Nigeria? Sheriff is best placed to answer this question, because credible people (like Falana, GEJ, etc) have said that he’s the founder of Boko Haram.

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor How long must we continue to lament while the world consistently pretend not to see us? @AloyEjimakor This is exhausting

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@AloyEjimakor These guys do not care about what you think, post or do. A different approach is needed

[Laven @JoeyBrian]

@MikeArnoldTruth What the...!