The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have explained why their son demanded that Justice Binta Nyako who presided over his case steps down.
According to the family, the refusal of the Presiding Judge to comply with the orders of the Supreme Court concerning the IPOB Leader is the reason Kanu requested her stepping aside.
The family said that the apex court had faulted Nyako for revoking Kanu’s bail, wondering why she failed to restore the bail after the Supreme Court’s order.
Kanu’s family while reacting to the decision of the Presiding Judge to hands off the case, accused her of bias against their son.
Prince Emmanuel Kanu who spoke for the family said the Judge’s final decision to recuse herself from the case was a step in the right direction.
The family which said they had also lost confidence in the Presiding Judge expressed hope that the next judge to be assigned the matter would comply with the earlier judgment of the Supreme Court.
“The reason Nnamdi Kanu requested the Presiding Judge to step down was because she refused to comply with the orders of the Supreme Court.
“As far as we are concerned, she was not willing or prepared to comply with any of the orders of the apex court. We also lost confidence in her because she was biased against our son.”
According to the family, Kanu should not be standing trial in Nigeria because his extraordinary rendition was a violation of the law itself, hence, the federal government has lost the rights to prosecute him.
The family maintained that Kanu was abducted in Kenya and renditioned to Nigeria against every known protocol and international law.