Kanu’s lawyers reject Nigerian govt’s fresh request to continue trial under Justice Nyako

The legal team representing the detained leader of the infamous Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has rejected a fresh request by the legal team of the Nigerian government to continue his trial under Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The government’s legal team had, in a letter dated December 5, 2024, signed by Asiwaju Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) and addressed to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, requested a date for resumption of Kanu’s trial under Justice Nyako.

In the letter, the federal government had requested the resumption of the terrorism and criminal charges against Kanu pending before the Federal High Court which were assigned to Justice Nyako even after she had recused herself from the trial on September 24th.