Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the indigenous People of Biafra has not committed violent felonies tantamount to treason, Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court  has said.
Justice Mohammed  said this in Abuja on Wednesday while exempting himself from hearing the case frowned on the repeated violations of court orders by the Federal Government to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. He said categorically that Kanu can not be prosecuted or convicted of being an accessory after the fact of violent felonies.
The Federal Government of Nigeria had before now refused to obey court orders demanding Kanu’s release from detention but instead filed a fresh six-count charge against him and two others namely Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi  ranging from managing the activities of unlawful society to plotting to break up Nigeria into fragmentary republics by creating Biafra Republic from the south-east states.
The embattled IPOB leader frowned on the trial when he was arraigned Wednesday before Justice Mohammed. He expressly told the court that he objected to a trial whose outcome will not be upheld or respected by the Department of State Security as  had happened in the past.
In an argument that ensued between Justice Ahmed Mohammed and the Federal Director of Prosecution, Mohammed Diri, the latter argued that Kanu Nnamdi, based on section 396 (2) of the constitution  can not object to being tried but the former, Justice Ahmed Mohammed rose swiftly and said that Kanu Nnamdi has the right to reject the trial and declared that he is opting out of the case for good while citing repeated violations of court orders to unconditionally release the detainee.
“If any of the parties has no confidence in the court, he has the right to say so”, Mr. Mohammed ruled.
A visibly angry Justice Ahmed Mohammed ruled that “I hereby remit the case file to the honourable chief judge of this court to reassign it,” the judge said.