…for causing nuisance in court, shouting to prevent judge from delivering verdict
Trial judge, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered security agents to bundle the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, out of the courtroom.
This order followed Kanu’s insistence that judgement would not be delivered on the terrorism charge the Federal Government entered against him.
After the IPOB leader’s repeated shouts that the trial judge must show him where it was written in the law that he was not entitled to file a written address in the case against him, the court temporarily suspended proceedings to enable security operatives to escort Kanu out of the room.
Justice Omotosho, however, stood down the matter after he delivered a ruling that dismissed fresh motions the IPOB leader filed after the case was slated for judgement.
The court said Kanu’s motions contained issues that he had previously raised.
Justice Omotosho dismissed Kanu’s request for the case to be referred to the Court of Appeal, stressing that section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, forbade the stay of proceedings in a criminal matter.
The judge also refused Kanu’s request for bail, saying it would, in the course of the judgement, consider some of the issues Kanu raised in his motions.
As Justice Omotosho began the reading of the judgement, Kanu stood his ground, shouting that the court had no jurisdiction to decide the case without admitting his written address.
