Chief Aloy Ejimakor, the lawyer for Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB), says that Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Federal Excessive Court docket shouldn’t deal with Kanu’s trial anymore. Ejimakor factors out that Justice Nyako had beforehand stepped down from the case, making it fallacious for her to be concerned once more.
Ejimakor defined that since Justice Nyako formally recused herself on September 24, 2024, she shouldn’t oversee the case any longer. He additionally talked about that protecting Kanu in detention with out clear authorized causes is unfair.
The lawyer highlighted that Justice Nyako has completed her position on this case and shouldn’t reopen it. He additionally talked about issues like Kanu being held in a DSS facility as a substitute of an everyday jail and never having his bail reinstated regardless of a Supreme Court docket choice.
Ejimakor has additionally filed a criticism towards Justice Nyako for not appearing appropriately. He means that the trial must be moved to a Federal Excessive Court docket within the Southeast, the place the alleged crimes occurred.
He ends by asking the federal government to launch Kanu if they’ll’t give him a good trial shortly, stressing the significance of well timed and truthful trials.
