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Why Justice Ahmed Mohammed Withdrew Himself From Nnamdi Kanu’s Case

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: December 23, 2015
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A federal High Court judge Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday exempted himself from hearing the case against the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

The Federal Government had filed fresh six-count charge of treason and managing the affairs of ‘an unlawful society.’ against Mr Kanu who was charged before the Federal High Court, Abuja alongside two others, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi.

Justice Mohammed announced the decision after Mr. Kanu objected to the case, said that it was needless, as the federal government had repeatedly disobeyed previous court rulings.

The government is accusing Mr. Kanu of plotting to split Nigeria, by creating a Biafra Republic with south east, south south states, and parts of Kogi and Benue states, as component units.

Kanu, who was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Wednesday, told the court before commencement of the prosecution’s plea that he preferred being held in the detention, than subjecting himself to a trial, which outcome will not be respected. He said his previous trials had various outcomes that were abused or neglected by the office of the State Security Service, SSS.

The counsel to the prosecution, who is also the Federal Director of Prosecution, office of the Attorney General, Mohamed Diri, told the court that based on section 396 (2) of the constitution, the defendant had no right to object to being tried by the court until after the plea is heard.

However, Justice Mohammed who said he was opting out of the case also countered the prosecution counsels, saying that Mr. Kanu had the right to reject the trial, “after all justice is rooted on confidence,” he said.

“If any of the parties has no confidence in the court, he has the right to say so”, Mr. Mohammed ruled. He noted that the prosecution would have done the same thing if they were in Kanu’s shoes.

“Assuming it was the prosecution, if they had no confidence in the court of jurisdiction; would they not have done so?”

“I hereby remit the case file to the honourable chief judge of this court to reassign it,” the judge said.

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