The National Judicial Council NJC, is to investigate alleged bias handling of the prosecution of the leader of Indigenous
Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The petition was submitted through Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor pointing out that Justice John Tsoho of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court who has been the judge handling the prosecution of his client Nnamdi Kanu was bias in handling the case.
Ejiofor stated that the judge gave parallel judgements on the same request, describing it as “judicial rascality”. The petition demanded that Justice Tsoho be probed.
Upon resumption of the matter on Monday, Mr. Ejiofor said after Mr. Tsoho decided in favour of the defence in an application for the protection of witnesses by the prosecution, and later ruled in favour of the prosecution, without seeking the permission of a higher court.
Meanwhile, Justice John Tsoho had stepped down from handling the case promising never to undertake the case even if cleared of the biase by the NJC. “Even if I am cleared of
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