Justice Inyang Ekwo on Friday in Abuja struck out a suit instituted by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), challenging his secret trial on terrorism charges.
The suit which has the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, as sole defendant was thrown out following its withdrawal by the Biafra nation agitator.
Kanu had dragged the Chief Judge through the court following the adoption of a Practice Direction which directed trial of terrorism related charges to be done in camera.
His grouse was that the secret trial policy effected shortly after the federal government slammed a 15-count treasonable felony charges on him constituted an infringement of his fundermental rights to fair trial.
At Friday’s proceedings when hearing was to commence, Kanu through his lawyer, Mr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, announced that he was no longer interested in continuing with the suit.
Ejiofor subsequently applied that the matter be struck out in line with the wish of Kanu.
Speaking with newsmen on the issue, the counsel explained that the action was withdrawn following discovery that the secret trial of terrorism charges policy adopted during trial of Kanu was not targeted at his client.
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