of the Court of Appeal seemed, purportedly, to act in pursuance of in the “FIAT/Permission” he issued to the Hon., Justice M. B. Idris, JCA to return to the Federal High Court, Lagos to conclude the part heard criminal matter he left thereat upon his elevation to the Court of Appeal, provides – 396(7) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law to the contrary, a judge of the High Court who has been elevated to the Court of Appeal shall have dispensation to continue to as a High Court Judge only for the purpose of concluding any part – heard criminal matter pending before him at the time of his elevation and shall conclude the same within a reasonable time. [underlinings supplied] “Dispensation”, according to both Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and Black’s Law Dictionary 9th Ed., is a 5

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