I don’t want Binta Nyako to handle my case — Nnamdi Kanu insists
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra ( IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has directed his legal team to take some certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not handled by Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case by virtue of the order of recusal entered last September.
The directive was disclosed in a statement issued by his legal counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor following the usual routine visitation to the separatist leader at the DSS cell in Abuja.
He said if the the case should still lie with Justice Murtala-Nyako, it would mean that the same court is outrightly disobeying an order that it made.
However, Ejimakor noted that they are willing to be in the court for Kanu’s trial as long as another Judge of the Federal High Court is assigned to the case.
The statement reads, “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.
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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to take certain prompt steps to ensure that his case is not handled by the same Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako who had withdrawn from the case by virtue of the order of recusal entered on 24th September 2024.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.”
