The trio who are facing a six-count treason charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleged that Justice Tsoho had in the course of their ongoing trial, delivered conflicting rulings. The defendants, in a joint petition they filed through their lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the NJC that the trial judge indulged in “judicial rascality,” by reversing his previous ruling that barred the Federal Government from masking all the witnesses billed to testify against them.
“The rulings were eventually given to us on Monday, April 25, 2016, barely two months and fifteen days after the ruling of February 9, 2016, was delivered, two months and six days after the ruling of February 19, 2016, was delivered and one month and 18 days after the ruling of March 7, 2016 was delivered,” he disclosed. The IPOB leader further told the judicial body that Justice Tsoho declined to allow his lead counsel, Muoma, SAN, to adumbrate his written brief in support of application for stay of proceedings in the matter, even when the rules of the court allows for 20 minutes of oral argument.
The three defendants had opposed FG’s application for secret trial, even as they queried the propriety of the court allowing “masquerades” to testify against them. Meantime, Justice Tsoho will on Monday hear the defendants’ application to disqualify him from handling the trial. Kanu who was hitherto the Director of Radio Biafra and Television, has been in detention since October 14, 2015, when he was arrested by security operatives upon his arrival to Nigeria from his base in the United Kingdom.
