Having regard to the clear state of law therefore, the court below was in error when in the same judgment ordering the rehearing of the appeal afresh to resolve the omnibus ground of appeal between the parties by the High Court, it proceeded again to determine the merit of the dispute, which in my view, must be set aside by this court in order to give the parties and the High Court level playing ground to face the rehearing of the appeal denovo.

Please tell us where to register our property instead of writing a Will

One may recall that recently most cases being prosecuted in court by ICPC and EFCC have suffered one set back or the other and even faced outright dismissal due to the tardiness with which they were handled. For example the case against the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was thrown out because the ICPC rushed to court without obtaining the primary evidence (bank statement) needed to commence prosecution or indict him.

President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to allow the creation of state police, saying “this is the best way to prevent crime in the country.”

The spiral controversy surrounding suspension and subsequent reprieve granted the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, PCA Justice Isa Ayo Salami, by the National Judicial Council, NJC, on August 18 2011, may have unwittingly exposed the fallibility of justice administration in the country.