The legal team of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, is free to transfer Kanu’s case out of Abuja if no other judge is willing to take the case.
The team made this known in a press release signed by Aloy Ejimakor after meeting with Kanu on Wednesday.
According to the statement, Kanu instructed his lawyers to ensure Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako, who earlier recused herself from the case, does not continue with it.
The legal team urged Justice Tsoho to transfer the case to Umuahia, Awka, Enugu, Asaba, Port Harcourt or any other Federal High Court within the South East where the offences were alleged to have happened or had an impact.
“The routine visitation to Onyendu MAZI NNAMDI KANU continues unabated, as the legal team just concluded a crucial visitation today,” said the statement.
“The central issue arising at today’s visitation is the upcoming court date for the continuation of MNK’s case.
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“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to take certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not handled by the same Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case by virtue of the order of recusal entered on 24th September 2024.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.”
