On what law is Nnamdi Kanu being tried? Whosoever doesn’t know law should go & get enlightened.
When you misinform Nigerians on legal matters, always remember other informed & enlightened Nigerians are always available to rebut bogus positions in law.
Read Section 98(2) of the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, for more enlightenment. Knowledge without information is ignorance, which we all know is no defense in law.
The judge in any trial is not there to teach law but to interpret the law & deliver justice based on the facts, evidence produced in your case & the relevant applicable laws in obedience to the constitution.
A law understudy on trial like MNK demanding the judge teach law as if giving lectures on criminal law statutes in law school is inappropriate arrogance.
The Constitution
The Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, effectively repealed and replaced the previous Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 (as amended by the 2013 Act).
Section 98(2) of the 2022 Act ensures continuity for ongoing legal proceedings initiated under the former law.
The main provision that addresses continuity is Section 98(2) of the 2022 Act. While Section 98(1) of the 2022 Act explicitly repeals the 2013 Act (and its 2011 principal).
Section 98(2) provides a saving clause that allows criminal trials and legal proceedings that commenced under the repealed 2013 Act to continue as if the 2022 Act had not been enacted.
This prevents ongoing cases from being invalidated due to the change in legislation and ensures judicial efficiency. Most amended legislation, especially pertaining to criminal offenses, has a continuity clause to bind previous legislation. Any serious lawyer, let alone a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), knows this.
Go get educated the new law allows & provides for continuation of the 2013 law despite its repeal, especially with regards to ongoing cases like MNK’s case, which commenced in 2015
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, you don’t know law; leave the matter of law to your esteemed legal expert consultant lawyers. Servants Against Nigerians (SAN) masquerading as Senior Advocates of Nigeria. They do know the law, so stop slapping & insulting them. lol 😂😀😄
MNK’s case will in all likelihood go to the Supreme Court, & every point of appeal raised will be painstakingly demolished by their Lordships. MNK’s conviction will then be fully confirmed, having exhausted all options of appeal.
Then Pardon can be considered. But as in the Ekweremadu case, where clemency was denied. If the FGN of Nigeria is serious about taking a stand on terrorism, such requests should be denied for several years until MNK is truly sober & repentant of his criminal acts.
He must publicly accept & acknowledge his crimes & his thousands of victims, apologize to his victims, & make a cast-iron commitment to jettison violent agitation against the state.
What’s your view? Does Judge Omotosho know the law? lol Please share. Thanks, we all want & demand a Betta9ja
Femi Oke
Betta9ja
