Nnamdi Kanu’s motion transferred to CJ for reassignment

Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court (FHC) successful Abuja, connected Monday, sent backmost to the main justice (CJ), a question filed by Nnamdi Kanu, person of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for reassignment.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, successful the question ex-parte, is seeking an bid of the tribunal transferring him to Abuja National Hospital for urgent aesculapian attention.

Justice Liman, successful a abbreviated ruling, made the bid transferring the lawsuit record backmost to the CJ, pursuing an exertion by Kanu’s counsel, Uchenna Njoku, SAN, considering the information that the yearly abrogation of the tribunal would beryllium ending today.

The Department of State Services (DSS)’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, did not reason Uchenna ‘s application.

Earlier upon resumed proceeding successful the case, the justice hinted that determination was nary clip anymore for the abrogation tribunal to determine Kanu’s motion.

He said not little than 30 cases were listed for the day’s proceedings by the registrar and since the tribunal would beryllium incapable to instrumentality all, the cases were proned down to six.

The justice said successful enactment with Section 46(8) of the FHC Rules, immoderate lawsuit that could not beryllium completed wrong abrogation play would person to beryllium sent backmost to the CJ for reassignment.

He said though Kanu’s question was an urgent 1 successful presumption of the wellness ground, it was filed lately.

Responding, Awomolo said successful lawsuit management, the tribunal had the overriding determination connected which lawsuit to spell connected and which is not to spell on.

“Your lordship cannot execute immoderate magic,” helium said.

Njoku said their exertion dated Sept. 1, was filed aforesaid date.

“I person been served fewer minutes agone the antagonistic affidavit of the complainant/respondent (DSS). My lord, I haven’t work it,” the lawyer said.

He past sought the permission of tribunal to confer with Chief Awomolo.

“Having confer with the pb counsel for the complainant/respondent, and successful the airy of the remarks my lord made this greeting which is sensible and intelligibly persuasive to the bar,

“And fixed that the abrogation ends contiguous and successful bid not to enforce a day successful your learner member successful whom the substantive lawsuit is pending, we volition beryllium asking for an adjournment,” Njoku said.

Awomolo said it was unfortunate that the substance was coming up alternatively late.

“Had it been that they filed the exertion earlier, it would person been taken during vacation.

“But we are acceptable to instrumentality the question immoderate time, immoderate day,” helium said.

Justice Liman consequently ordered that the lawsuit record beryllium referred by to the registry for reassignment.

NAN had, earlier, reported that Justice Liman had fixed contiguous for the proceeding of Kanu’s application.

The justice had granted the question ex-parte praying for the support of the tribunal to perceive the exertion during the abrogation play successful presumption of its urgency.

He past ordered Kanu’s lawyer to service each the processes and the proceeding announcement connected the DSS successful bid for the information bureau to respond appropriately.

Kanu, successful the ex-parte question with complaint number: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, had sought a relief.

Kanu, successful the question filed by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, sought an bid “granting permission for the applicant’s question dated 1st September, 2025 to beryllium heard earlier the abrogation judge.”

Giving an 11-ground statement wherefore their petition should beryllium granted, Agabi said Kanu is presently lasting proceedings earlier Justice James Omotosho successful complaint marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015.

He said Kanu, connected May 19, filed an exertion praying the tribunal to admit him to bail pending the proceeding and determination of the coercion charge.

The lawyer, however, said that the said exertion could not beryllium taken earlier the yearly abrogation of the court, hence his continued detention.

According to him, portion awaiting the resumption of the tribunal activities, the applicant’s wellness took a worrisome decline, necessitating the invitation of doctors for the intent of carrying retired a thorough and extended introspection connected the applicant.

“The introspection revealed issues to his wellness including organs specified arsenic his pancreas and liver arsenic good arsenic an emerging lump underneath his armpit and dangerously debased levels of potassium.

“The doctors person recommended that helium beryllium moved to the National Hospital arsenic an inter...