CORAM

KARIBI-WHYTE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT AND

PARTIES

ALHAJI MUJAHID DOKUBO-ASARI APPELLANTS

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

RESPONDENTS 

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari along with some others were arrested and charged for conspiracy treasonable felony etc. and were refused bail by the Federal High Court on appeal was dismissed and on a further appeal to the Supreme Court, same was dismissed.

HELD

Bail refused and appeal dismissed

ISSUES

(i) Whether the court of appeal was right when it reached a conclusion of fact that these were acceptable evidence of threat to national security.(ii) Assuming (without conceding) that the case of the respondent revealed a strong prima facie case of threat to national security, whether that suspends the right to bail as entrenched in S.35 of 1999 Constitution?

RATIONES DECIDENDI

CASES CITED

Abacha vs. The State (2002) NWLR (Pt 761) 638 etc

STATUTES REFERRED TO

(1) Criminal Code Act Cap 77 Laws of the Fed. 1990(2) S.118

(2) Criminal procedure Act

(3) Constitution of the FRN (1999)

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