The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has instructed his lawyers to ensure that Justice Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court does not handle his case following her recusal.

On Wednesday, September 24, 2024, Kanu approached Justice Nyako and asked her to step back from his trial due to a lack of confidence.

The trial judge complied with Kanu’s request and transferred his case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho. However, Tsoho refused to accept her withdrawal and insisted that she continue with the case.

During a meeting with his legal team led by lead counsel Aloy Ejimakor at the Department of State Services, DSS, facility in Abuja, Kanu pointed out that Justice Nyako would be defying her own order by restarting the case.
In a statement issued by Ejimakor on Wednesday, Kanu stated that his case should be transferred to the Southeast if no judge in Abuja is willing to preside over 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to take certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not handled by the same Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case by virtue of the order of recusal entered on 24th September 2024.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.”