On Monday at the appeal court, Kanu Agabi, Saraki’s lead counsel, withdrew the application and asked the court to grant accelerated hearing to his appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to try his client. “When your lordship has read such a voluminous motion, it is unfair to say we are withdrawing. But we have to. We want to withdraw the motion,” he said.
“In the motion, dated April 4, we prayed your lordship to stay proceedings at the CCT pending the hearing of our appeal. But we now want to urge your lordship to grant accelerated hearing to our appeal. “My Lord, we appeal to you to grant us accelerated hearing.”
