{"id":154353,"date":"2025-03-08T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T08:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/biafra-nnamdi-kanus-case-finally-reassigned-to-another-judge"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:25:20","slug":"biafra-nnamdi-kanus-case-finally-reassigned-to-another-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-nnamdi-kanus-case-finally-reassigned-to-another-judge","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s case finally reassigned to another Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has reassigned the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to another judge.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by Kanu\u2019s lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor via a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor disclosed that Kanu is ready to face his trial because he\u2019s convinced of his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Ejimakor, he said: \u201cYesterday, before the legal team conducted our routine visitation to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, we received two separate official letters regarding his case. The letters are momentous and somewhat pyrrhic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne letter was from the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria, responding to a recent letter we had written to her, seeking her prompt administrative intervention (as the administrative head of Nigerian judiciary) on the matter of a proper and lawful reassignment of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s case, following the recusal of the Judge that was conducting it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other letter was from the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, informing us that the case has been reassigned to another Judge of the Federal High Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequent upon these latest developments, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu instructed the legal team to publicly convey his sincere gratitudes to the Chief Justice of Nigeria for her sound administrative discretions and the despatch with which she responded to our request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also expressed his profound appreciations to members of the general public who publicly expressed their support to our righteous demands that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu\u2019s case be reassigned to another Judge, as the law demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be sure, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has always been ready to take his trial because he is firmly convinced of his innocence. But the perverse events of the past six months (from September 2024, when the recusal happened) posed portent dangers to his constitutional rights, particularly his right to fair and speedy hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was in view of these untoward developments that we were propelled to resort to taking extraordinary measures to ensure that his case is properly reassigned and conducted in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, now that the first steps have been taken by the authorities to do the lawful thing, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his legal team shall take stock and hanker down to the zealous preparation of his defense.\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 Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has reassigned the case of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to another judge. This was disclosed by Kanu\u2019s lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor via a statement on Saturday. 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