A video shared on social media has captured a dramatic moment where Nnamdi Kanu lashed out at his lawyer while addressing the media......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
The footage showed Kanu passionately patting his counsel on the back in anger, and then saying, “Stop talking when I’m talking.”
The lawyer, fully dressed in his legal attire, appeared taken aback by the sudden outburst.
See the video shared by TheCable below:
Indefinite adjournment of Nnamdi Kanu’s court case
On February 10, 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja indefinitely adjourned Kanu’s trial.
This decision followed Kanu’s insistence that Justice Nyako could not preside over his case, citing her previous recusal.
According to the PUNCH newspaper, Kanu had earlier filed a petition against Justice Nyako before the National Judicial Council, accusing her of judicial misconduct.
The adjournment marks the second instance in about four and a half months that Kanu has expressed a lack of confidence in the judge.
Kanu has been in detention since his extradition to Nigeria in June 2021 and is standing trial on charges of terrorism and treasonable felony.
Kanu’s petition and call for case transfer
Earlier in January, Kanu filed a petition against Justice Nyako, accusing her of judicial misconduct.
Days later, he called for his case to be transferred to the South-East if no judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja was willing to preside over it apart from Justice Nyako.
The indefinite adjournment leaves Kanu’s legal battle in limbo, with his defence team now required to submit a formal application if they still insist on the recusal.
Nnamdi Kanu challenges Judge
Legit.ng previously reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja has indefinitely adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) after he challenged the authority of Justice Binta Nyako to preside over his case.
The decision came after a tense courtroom session on Monday, February 10, during which Kanu insisted that the judge had already recused herself from the case and no longer had the jurisdiction to continue.