Twenty-three years after, a Kano Upper Shari’a Court has acquitted a man charged with manslaughter after it discovered that the charges put against him are not in order. Sabi’u Aliyu Unguwa Uku was arraigned before the court sitting in RijiyarLemo in 2002 with a charge of manslaughter after he crushed a cyclist, Ibrahim Wada Musa. […]...
The federal government has recorded a total of 1,743 prosecuted cases from phase one to phase six of terrorist trials in the country, spanning from 2017 to date. Out of these, 742 individuals were convicted, while 888 were discharged and acquitted due to lack of evidence or other reasons. Additionally, 92 trials have been adjourned. […]
•Biafra agitators An Abia State High Court sitting in Umuahia has acquitted five pro-Biafrans who had been detained since their arrest in July 2022. The judgment, delivered today by Hon. Justice A.O. Chijioke, ended the prolonged legal battle for the detainees, reports Vanguard. The counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ifeanyi E...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted no fewer than 50 persons alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of allegations bordering on terrorism. Delivering judgment, Omotosho held that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) failed, in its entirety, to establish a case agai...
•Ikuforiji A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted ex-Lagos speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji of a 54-count money laundering charge. Ikuforiji was discharged alongside his former personal assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. The defendants were first arraigned on March 1, 2012, before Justice Okechukwu Okeke on a 20-count charge bordering o...

