SECTION 97 SAID "SHALL." SECTION 36(12) SAID "MUST." OMOTOSHO SAID "IGNORE"
A member of the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Legal Consortium, Onyedikachi Ifedi, Esq., has challenged the legal basis of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s conviction, arguing that the judgment was delivered under a repealed law. Ifedi, in a legal briefing issued on Friday, August 21, 2026, said the case raises fundamental constitutional questions concerning the law applicable to Kanu’s plea, trial and conviction. He questioned whether there was an extant written penal law in force at the time of Kanu’s plea, trial and conviction capable of supporting the offences for which he was convicted. According to him, the central issue is the interpretation of the transitional and savings provisions contained in the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act (TPPA) 2022. Ifedi argued that a savings clause could preserve pending proceedings from being terminated following the repeal of an earlier law, but could not itself create a criminal offence or prescribe a punishment. He specifically cited Section 98(3) ...
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