₦airaland Forum

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday withdrew from the trial of pro-Biafra leader and founder of Biafra Radio, Nnamdi Kanu.

This followed an objection by Kanu, who spoke from the dock where he stood along with his two co-defendants, ‎saying that he lacked confidence of getting justice from the trial conducted by the judge.

Two other persons charged along with Kanu are ‎Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.

The judge upheld Kanu’s objection saying that it was within his right to object to being tried before a judge or any court in which he had no confidence.

The arraignment of the accused persons scheduled for Wednesday was stalled, as the judge ruled that he would return the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, “for further action.”

The Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. Mohammed Diri, who filed fresh six counts including treasonable felony against Kanu and two others on Friday, asked the judge to dismiss Kanu’s objection citing section 396(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015.

The provision of the law only allows a defendant to only raise an objection to the competence of the charges preferred against him‎ after he or she has taken his plea provided that his objection would be considered along with the substantive case.

But Justice Mohammed in dismissing the DPP’s objection held that the type of objection raised by Kanu had nothing to do with the one contemplated under section 396 of the ACJ Act.

Kanu was led away by men of the Department of State Service after the Wednesday’s proceedings.

The fresh case against Kanu was filed on Friday, barely 24 hours after another judge of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered Kanu’s unconditional release from the custody of the Department of State Service.

Justice Ademola ordered the DSS to release Kanu unconditionally since there was no pending charges against him about two months after his detention.

But instead of releasing him, the Federal Government filed fresh charges against him on Friday.


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Cc lalasticlala mynd44

buhari must obey, i know some people wont be happy with this kind of news.

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This followed an objection by Kanu, who spoke from the dock where he stood along with his two co-defendants, ‎saying that he lacked confidence of getting justice from the trial conducted by the judge.

The albino still get mouth to talk!

Tunami:
buhari must obey, i know some people wont be happy with this kind of news.

Did you really read the news?

This guy seems to be giving DSS tough time to convict him. I hope they do not recklessly land all of us into another avoidable war. Kalu 3 : 0 DSS.

There is something fundamentally wrong with Buhari but he should know that he too would be probed after his time even if he is inside his grave.

I have never seen the Nigerian judiciary being treated like a village square meeting in a democratic country where the rule of law is usually over emphasized.

I hope if Governors begins to flout court orders from their state judiciary, will he be able to call them to order as the number one citizen of this nation?


Buhari should respect the rule of law or face the chaos that comes with right abuses.

''Where there is no respect for the rule of law by the those who are entrusted in upholding them, then lawlessness will become the order of the day''.

This matter get as e be oooo

NgeneUkwenu:
The albino still get mouth to talk!

This question should be directed to you.

Ll

ABEG FREE DAT DUDE JORR

The more the career rapist delays his trial the more he eats prison beans and suffer deprivation. All na good thing. Useless cretineous scum.

Biafra threatening the judge life nawa o

PhockPhockMan:
This question should be directed to you.

PDP agents your scumbag boy suffering himself pray he doesn't start singing like santasuki.

Tunami:
buhari must obey, i know some people wont be happy with this kind of news.

Did you read the news at all? Is this the type of beings that would make of Biafra? I laugh in Ilaje language .

nnachukz:
This guy seems to be giving DSS tough time to convict him. I hope they do not recklessly land all of us into another avoidable war. Kalu 3 : 0 DSS.

biafraudians are not smart between kanu and dss who go chop prison beans? He is frustrating himself while entertaining Nigerians by comical display of raw foolery.

nnachukz:
This guy seems to be giving DSS tough time to convict him. I hope they do not recklessly land all of us into another avoidable war. Kalu 3 : 0 DSS.

I'm not surprised, once a dictator is always a dictator.

Tunami:
buhari must obey, i know some people wont be happy with this kind of news.

I hope u read d news sha.And someppl wr here bragging dat day he will not spend d Xmas in d prison.my own take here is that d FG shld free d guy if an only if he had made a plea not to brew any wahala again

The zoo must fall

Poohagarri losing popularity every second