THE NECESSITY OF JUDICIAL TEMPLATE IN THE TRIAL OF TERRORISTS IN NIGERIA: RE: AMINU SADIQ OGWUCHE - A CRITIQUE

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the various socio-political cum existential threats to Nigeria’s recent democratic experiment on the present second model of Presidential Constitutional Democracy is the emergence of the offence of Terrorism (and other allied offences such as Banditry and Hostage-taking for Ransome) and Terrorists, the actual perpetrators of Terrorism. This legal conversation as captured in this extent paper examines and solicits for necessity of established template and clear legal Direction in the trial and or prosecution of the accused terrorist(s) in line with the Rule of law. The various nuances of legal impasse and procedural lock jam to which the rule of law is subjected by all the known and amorphous legislative sanctuaries churning out these inelegant statutes (and law enforcement agents) competing among themselves in the arrest, detention, investigation and prosecution of the offence(s) are herein critically downloaded with a view to proffering a lasting solution to the legal procedural monstrosities avalanching the entire spectrum of the criminal justice administration in the beleaguered liberal state.