{"id":147368,"date":"2025-01-22T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/transfer-my-case-to-southeast-nnamdi-kanu-to-chief-judge"},"modified":"2025-01-31T21:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:42:31","slug":"transfer-my-case-to-southeast-nnamdi-kanu-to-chief-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/transfer-my-case-to-southeast-nnamdi-kanu-to-chief-judge","title":{"rendered":"Transfer my case to Southeast \u2013 Nnamdi Kanu to Chief Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>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.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu ordered his lawyers to ensure that Justice Nyako stays off his case following her recusal.<\/p>\n<p>On September 24, 2024, Kanu had asked Justice Nyako to \u2018hands off\u2019 his trial on grounds of lack of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Following the call, the trial judge stepped down from Kanu\u2019s case and transferred his case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued by Ejimakor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Kanu\u2019s case should be transferred to the Southeast if no judge in Abuja is willing to take up his trial.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said: \u201cThe routine visitation to Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu continues unabated, as the legal team just concluded a crucial visitation today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central issue arising at today\u2019s visitation is the upcoming court date for the continuation of MNK\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue 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to take certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not handled by the same Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case by virtue of the order of recusal entered on 24th September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are therefore looking forward to going to court as long as another Judge of the Federal High Court is assigned to the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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. 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