In the context of economic and financial crime as it relates to this application and explained in the charge No. SS/34C/2021 against the Applicant, I am unable to accept the submission of the Respondent’s Counsel that the facts and circumstances of the case of the Applicant constitute an economic and financial crime that metamorphose in the offence of criminal breach of trust against the Applicant which the EFCC is empowered to investigate and prosecute. Consequently, it follows therefore that the case of the respondent was not erected on any pedestal what so ever, because it did not came before the court initiated by due process of law. This court therefore lack the jurisdiction to continue with the trial of the Applicant in charge No. SS/34c/2021 now pending before this court, as the law is well settled that where a court deals with a matter without jurisdiction, so doing amounts to embarking on a worthless exercise because no matter how brilliantly conducted it will be a complete nullity. The law is also trite that where a person natural or artificial lacks the power to prosecute a matter, it also means that person lacks the locus standi to invoke the jurisdiction of the court which as a result there of lacks jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed before it. A court of law can only be competent to adjudicate on any matter brought before it if the matter comes before it initiated by due process of law and upon fulfillment of any condition precedent to the exercise of jurisdiction. - Madukolu V. Nkemdilim (Supra) - Ogwuche V. Mba (Supra) - Nyame V. FRN (Supra) - Goldmark (Nig) Ltd V. Ibafon (Supra) - Dr. Joseph Nwobike SAN V. FRN (Supra) Page 30 of 31