IPOB Press Release
HON. JUSTICE JOHN TSOHO AND HIS RIDICULING
OF THE JUDICIARY
Today, Hon. Justice John Tsoho of the Abuja
Federal High Court Three continued in his bizarre approach to the adjudicaton
of the case between Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Federal Government of Nigeria
respresented by the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that on the 29th
of January 2016, this Judge refused to grant bail to Mazi Nnamdi citing the
following reasons:
1) That Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was a threat to
national security.
2) That if released, Nnamdi Kanu
might commit the same offence again.
3) That there was a probability
that Nnamdi Kanu might jump bail because he possessed dual citizenship.
The world must be notified that up to this
day (March 7, 2016), Hon. Justice John Tsoho has refused to sign the original
copy of the aforesaid ruling. Our legal team requires the signed copy of the
Judge‘s ruling in order to file an appeal that would vacate his judgment.
On February 19, 2016, The Hon. Justice John
Tsoho ruled against a secret trial of Nnamdi Kanu. Strangely today, The Hon.
Justice Tsoho has reversed himself of the ruling he gave on the 19th of
February 2016 without an appeal from the prosecutor. The Hon. Justice John
Tsoho is ridiculing the Nigerian legal system by quoting unrelated Ivorian law
in a Francophone country practicing a different legal system to that which
obtains in Nigeria. In justifying his shameful U-turn on his previous ruling,
this Judge who appears to be under serious pressure from Aso Rock (Muhammadu
Buhari), ruled that witnesses should be hidden from the court.
Furthermore, it is riduculous to hear the
DSS lying in court about the abduction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by his mother and two
siblings. Are we being made to understand that the DSS is so inept that an
unarmed old woman and her two unarmed children will be able to abduct Mazi
Nnamdi Kanu while they (DSS) that are fully armed guarding Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
will be overpowered?
How
can we trust a judge that rules one way and changes his mind at the next
sitting? The Nigerian Judiciary should derobe Hon. Justice John Tsoho as he is
now an international embarrassment to the legal profession.
Without appealing a court ruling, this
Judge changed his mind thereby turning his previous ruling upside down without
adherence to the appeal process. Biafrans do not have any iota of trust in the
capability of Hon. Justice John Tsoho to handle such high-profile case because
his blatant disregard for rule of law and it's judicious interpretation in this
matter is becoming alarming. This Judge is acting like the prosecuting attorney
rather than a Judge. All over the world, reasonable people will be wondering
where this Judge comes from.
We have no trust in his continued
participation in this matter and advice the Chief Judge of the Abuja High Court
to replace him with immediate effect. The Hon. Justice John Tsoho is a bumbling
disgrace to the legal profession. He has been sent by Muhammadu Buhari with the
mandate to jail Nnamdi Kanu and with the prize of becoming the next Chief Judge
of the Federal High Court since he is next in line after the upcoming
retirement of the only two Judges above him.
On a personal note, we advice Hon. Justice
John Tsoho to volutarily remove himself from this case because he is obviously
compromised and he lacks the integrity and moral trust to handle this case as
an impartial Judge.
Signed
Barrister Emma Nmezu. Dr. Clifford
Chukwuemeka Iroanya
Spokespersons for.
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
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