Breaking: Again, Nnamdi Kanu appears in court, insists ‘trial judge must withdraw’

A mild drama was witnessed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday as Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer Aloy Ejimakor told Justice Binta Nyako to recuse herself from the trial.

“The defendant is still asking that your lordship recuse herself from this matter,” Ejimakor told the court.

In response, the judge said, “the Chief Judge had not accepted the recusal and had referred the case back” to her for trial.

She asked the defence team led by Mr Ejimakor to send a written application if they still insist on the recusal.

Afterwards, the court adjourned the trial indefinitely.

Kanu had arrived at the court premises in company with Department of State Services (DSS) operatives at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday.

Kanu, who has been in the custody of the DSS since 2021, is standing trial before Justice Nyako on charges of terrorism and treasonable felony arising from his separatist activists as a pro-Biafra agitator.

His trial was earlier stalled after Justice Nyako recused herself from the case following the IPOB leader’s oral application on 24 September 2024.