On Monday, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, filed an application for reassignment, which Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja returned to the Chief Judge, or CJ.
In the motion ex-parte, Kanu requests that the court issue an order sending him to Abuja National Hospital for immediate medical care.
In a brief ruling, Justice Liman granted Kanu’s attorney, Uchenna Njoku, SAN, an order to return the case file to the CJ. This decision was made in light of the court’s upcoming annual vacation.Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, the attorney for the Department of State Services (DSS), did not object to Uchenna’s application. The judge had previously indicated that the vacation court had run out of time to consider Kanu’s motion during the case’s resumed hearing. According to him, the registrar listed at least thirty cases for the day’s hearings, but since the court couldn’t handle them all, they were reduced to six. The judge stated that any case that could not be finished during the vacation time would have to be returned to the CJ for reassignment in accordance with Section 46(8) of the FHC Rules. He claimed that even though Kanu’s motion was submitted recently, it was urgent given the health grounds.In response, Awomolo stated that the court had the final say in case management about which cases should proceed and which should not. “Your lordship is incapable of using any magic,” he declared. According to Njoku, they submitted their application on September 1st. “The complainant/respondent’s counter-affidavit (DSS) was served to me a short while ago. I haven’t read it, my lord,” the attorney remarked. He then asked the court for permission to speak with Chief Awomolo.
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