Justice Ahmed Mohammed has withdrawn from the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Biafra Radio, Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu and two others, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi are being tried on 6-counts of treasonable felony at the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja.
During the arraignment of the trio on Wednesday, Kanu objected to being tried by the court, saying that he lacked confidence in getting justice from the trial conducted by the judge.
Consequently, Justice Mohammed 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.
He therefore ruled that he would return the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, “for further action.”
Meanwhile, the Director of Public Prosecution, Mohammed Diri, implored on the judge to dismiss Kanu’s objection citing section 396(2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015.
Justice Mohammed however, dismissed Diri’s objection, stating that the type of objection raised by Kanu had nothing to do with the one contemplated under section 396 of the ACJ Act.
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