The legal representatives of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have formally requested that the Chief Justice of the Federation, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to intervene with the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, to either reassign his case or transfer it to the South-East region.
Papers News recalls that Kanu’s trial began in 2015 and was previously under the jurisdiction of Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako at the Abuja Federal High Court until September 24, 2024, when the judge recused herself from the case at the request of the IPOB leader.
Justice Nyako subsequently issued and recorded an Order of recusal following her withdrawal from the trial.