Rejoinder:”New Judge steps down from Nnamdi Kanu’s case, says arrest was wrong”

The attention of management of the Federal High Court has been drawn, with great concern, to an online reportage as above captioned.

The Court unequivocally refutes the false and misleading report, alleging that the Honourable the Chief Judge, The Hon. Justice John T. Tsoho, OFR has stepped down from Nnamdi Kanu’s case and made statements regarding the legality of his arrest.

This claim is entirely unfounded, fictitious, grossly mischievous, damaging in intent, and should be disregarded in its entirety.

The true position is that The Honourable Justice Tsoho, in his capacity as Chief Judge, has reassigned Nnamdi Kanu’s case from Honourable Justice Binta Nyako to another (‘new’) Judge. The report referred to is, therefore, totally spurious.

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The defence team should, hence, prepare to receive instructions regarding the case, as may be issued by the new judge.

The Federal High Court strongly cautions against deliberate misinformation to mislead the public and erode confidence in the judicial system.

We urge the general public to be wary and rely only on verified information from official court sources.
The Court remains steadfast in upholding justice through
due process of the law.
Any further inquiries should be directed to the Court’s Information Department .

Signed
Sulaiman Amida Hassan, Esq.
Chief Registrar,
Federal High Court of Nigeria.
March 11th , 2025