Nnamdi Kanu apologizes for the attack on the judge.
Nigeria News Nalin Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the IPOB indigenous Peoples (IPOB) banned on Friday, apologized for his recent attack on the Federal High Court and Justice Niako.
Kanu also apologized to the federal government’s lawyer, Holy Chief Awomolo, through his new lawyer and former federal attorney general (AGF) and attorney general Kanu Agabi.
The IPOB leader also apologized to his team of lawyers, who had previously attacked them in front of Justice Nyako.
Kanu made an apology through his chief attorney, Agabi official, before new trial judge Judge James Omotosho.
After the trial resumed, Agabi sought the court representative Kanu to convey the message.
He said he had discussed with lawyers the prosecution and the development of Judge Omomo’s approval of the application.
Judge Omotosho has amended the trial of Kanu on March 21. The judge determined the date after the case documents were transferred to him.
Kanu was brought back to the country from Kenya in June 2021 and is expected to accept his guilty plea as the case resumes (from the beginning).
The Chief Justice of the FHC, John Tsoho, wrote a letter to Kanu’s chief lawyer, Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, to redistribute the case to Justice Binta Nyako.
After alleging bias, Kanu and his team of lawyers followed the redistribution of seven terrorism charges to another judge.
Justice Nyako withdrew the case on September 24, 2024 and sent the case files to the CJ of the FHC for reallocation.
The judge said she could not conduct the trial because the defendant lacked confidence in the court.
However, CJ sent Kanu’s case files to Justice Nyako for a ruling and insisted that a formal application must be made by the defense before accepting the withdrawal.
But Kanu and Ejimakor insisted on February 10 that Justice Niako no longer had jurisdiction to preside over the case after withdrawing the matter, prompting the judge to postpone the case indefinitely (Sine Die).
Justice Ahmed Mohammed (already promoted to the Court of Appeal) and TOEFL (before becoming CJ) presided over Kanu’s trial, before delegating it to Justice Nyako after the defendant rejected two judges.
