The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday insisted that Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court will not handle his case.
Kanu ordered his lawyers to ensure that Justice Nyako stays
off his case following her recusal.
On September 24, 2024, Kanu had asked Justice Nyako to
‘hands off’ his trial on grounds of lack of confidence.
Following the call, the trial judge stepped down from Kanu’s
case and transferred his case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High
Court, John Tsoho.
However, during his routine meeting with his legal team led
by lead counsel Aloy Ejimakor at the Department of State Services, DSS,
facility in Abuja, Kanu said Justice Nyako would be disobeying her own order by
restarting the case.
This was contained in a statement issued by Ejimakor on
Wednesday.
According to the statement, Kanu’s case should be
transferred to the Southeast if no judge in Abuja is willing to take up his
trial.
Ejimakor said: “The routine visitation to Onyendu Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu continues unabated, as the legal team just concluded a crucial
visitation today.
“The central issue arising at today’s visitation is the
upcoming court date for the continuation of MNK’s case.
“Due to its constitutional implications, Onyendu instructed
the legal team to take certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not
handled by the same Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case
by virtue of the order of recusal entered on 24th September 2024.
“The point was stressed that should the case still lie with
Justice Murtala-Nyako, it would mean that the same court is disobeying an order
that it made.
“We are therefore looking forward to going to court as long
as another Judge of the Federal High Court is assigned to the case.
“If no other judge in Abuja is willing to handle the case,
the Chief Judge is free to transfer the case to Umuahia, Awka, Enugu, Asaba,
Port Harcourt or any other Federal High Court within the former Eastern Nigeria
where the offenses were alleged to have happened or allegedly had impact.”
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