Reps consider bill to allow elevated judges conclude high court cases

A bill seeking to enable a judge elevated to the court of appeal, to return to a high court to complete a part-heard case, has passed second reading in the house of representatives. 

In May 2020, the supreme court nullified the 12-year jail term conviction of Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state and current chief whip of the senate.

The apex court held that the trial judge lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case because Mohammad Idris, the judge who had been elevated to the court of appeal as of the time of judgment, lacked powers to preside over a matter at the…