office as a Justice of the Court of appeal. It is neither disputed nor in any doubt that he had ceased to be a judge of the Federal High Court from the moment of his elevation to the Court of Appeal. His Lordship’s subscription to the oath of the office of the Justice of the Court of appeal on 22nd June, 2018 puts the matter beyond any iota of doubt that he had ceased to be a Judge of the Federal High Court. As at 22nd July, 2018, when the President of the Court of Appeal issued to M. B. Idris, JCA – By virtue of the provisions of Section 396(7) of the Criminal Justice Act, 2015, you have my FIAT/Permission to conclude the part heard matter: FHC/CR/56/07 – now pending before the Federal High Court, Lagos; the said Justice M. B. Idris, JCA had no doubt ceased to be a Judge of the Federal High Court. 9

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