The management of the Federal High Court has refuted an online media report alleging that the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho has stepped down from the case of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kalu and made statements regarding the legality of his arrest.
The court, in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar, Sulaiman Hassan, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday said, the claim is entirely unfounded, fictitious, grossly mischievous, damaging in intent and should be disregarded in its entirety.
According to the statement titled, “Refusal of report Re: New Judge steps down from Nnamdi Kanu’s case, says his arrest was wrong”, the true position is that, Justice Tsoho, in his capacity as Chief Judge, has reassigned Nnamdi Kanu’s case from Justice Binta Nyako to another (‘new’) Judge.
The statement reads, “The attention of Management of the Federal High Court has been drawn, with great concern, to an online reportage as above captioned.
“The Court unequivocally refutes the false and misleading report. The report referred to, is therefore, totally spurious.
“The defense team should hence prepare to receive instructions regarding the case, as may be issued by the new judge.
“The Federal High Court strongly cautions against deliberate misinformation to mislead the public and erode confidence in the judicial system” the Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court stated in the statement”.
The Court then, urged the general public to be wary and rely only on verified information from official Court sources.
The statement said, the Court remains steadfast in upholding justice through due process of the law and that, any further inquiries should be directed to the Court’s Information Department .
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