Jude, the Barrister According to Njoku Jude, one of the attorneys for Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, the Supreme Court is subordinate to the constitution.
In a statement released on Saturday, Njoku made the announcement in response to concerns raised by the IPOB leader’s ongoing terrorism trial.
According to the statement, the Supreme Court’s defense of Kanu’s imprisonment does not negate its illegality.
Nigerians should respect the law instead of idolizing judges, the lawyer urged.
According to the statement, “many Nigerians mistakenly think that the law is what the Supreme Court says it is.”
That’s not true. According to Section 1(3) of the Constitution, any act or decision that contravenes the Constitution is null and void. Illicitity cannot be made lawful, not even by the Supreme Court.
An acquittal and discharge in criminal law signify complete freedom. According to Section 36(9), no one shall be prosecuted again for the same offense; this privilege is inalienable and unassailable.
“The case is over when the Court of Appeal releases someone (as was the case with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu) due to the trial court’s lack of jurisdiction. A legal case that never existed can’t be “continued.” Legal witchcraft, or legal necromancy as attorneys refer to it, is what it means to try.
In the 1985 case of Ogbomor v. State, the Supreme Court acknowledged that a void proceeding is always void. The case of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is useless.
Both the Constitution and Article 7 of the African Charter, which Nigeria has domesticated, prohibit detaining someone after they have been released from custody.
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s incarceration is not “lawful because the Supreme Court said so,” according to the Supreme Court. The Constitution, not the court, is supreme. Let’s begin to respect the law and cease idolizing judges.
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