There was a mild drama in court today as the case file of the Biafran separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu couldn't be produced on demand for legal proceeding.
Nnamdi Kanu
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division on April 25 has again adjourned the appeal brought before it by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, and his co-accused, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu.
The case was postponed till May 5 because court official reportedly didn’t bring Kanu’s case file to court. Chuks Muoma expressed his disappointment by telling the presiding Justice Moore he was surprised to hear that the case is not due for hearing after it was fixed for today.
The IPOB leader and his two co-defendants are being prosecuted on six counts of treasonable felony, unlawful possession of firearms and other crimes bordering on supposed agitation for secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria.
They had approached the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal asking for an order to compel the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to withdraw the case from Justice Tsoho and re-assign it to another judge.
The defendants blamed Justice Tsoho for bias following the judge’s ruling, which would permit prosecution witnesses to testify behind a ‘shield’ in order to hide the witnesses’ identities from the members of the public present in court.