The Indigenous People of Biafra,
IPOB, has raised the alarm over the purported disappearance of the case file of
its leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu at the Appeal Court.
The group said the announcement
of the disappearance of the file was a huge joke that further portrayed the rot
in the Nigerian Justice sector, while calling on the chief Judge of the
federation to step in and salvage what was left of its integrity.
A press release signed by its
spokesman, Mr Emma Powerful stated that,
“Court of Appeal judges today sitting in Abuja has declared the file of the
leader of IPOB missing/misplaced. It is unheard of in the history of Nigerian
judiciary that a matter coming up for final judgement almost a year after the
appellate court jury adjourned it having heard all the arguments would go
missing.
“Not only is the delay by the
Appeal Court illegal and unconstitutional, the conduct of those that heard and
handled this very case is troubling. We no longer know what to make of the
Nigerian Judicial system. This is beyond a joke.”
IPOB mocked the court, saying
that the only thing left was for the court to declare that the case file had
been swallowed by a mysterious snake as a staff of JAMB had recently declared,
over a missing N36million.
“The only thing missing from
today’s court hearing is the proverbial snake because it wasn’t confirmed if
the case file had been swallowed by yet another snake at the Appeal Court.
“We are drawing the attention of
the civilised world to the mess the Nigerian judiciary, terrorised by a brutal
dictatorial regime has turned into.
“Instead of delivering judgement
for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the judiciary would rather break every constitutional
provision guiding the time line in cases at the Appeal Court,” it said.
Kanu had gone to court to
challenge the ruling of Justice John Tsoho when he reversed a ruling he gave on
the masking of witnesses in the treasonable felony trial of the IPOB leader and
3 others.
The group lamented that the
matter was already one year overdue because the Nigerian constitution, which
judges are meant to interprete and uphold, clearly stipulates that all Appeal
Court judgements must be delivered within three months.
“It is up to a year without any
judgement on this matter contrary to constitutional provision.
“We call on the Chief Justice of
the Federation to step into this matter before the already tarnished image of
the judiciary suffers even more before the eyes of the world,” he said.
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