‘Prosecution from the bench’ – Defence team faults judge in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial

The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Legal Consortium has described the proceedings of the jailed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, person arsenic prosecution from the bench.

The consortium, a radical of lawyers warring for Kanu’s freedom, made the assertion successful a connection released connected Thursday by a lawyer, Onyedikachi Ifedi.

Ifedi said the proceedings judge, Justice James Omotosho, defied mandatory ultimate tribunal commands successful arriving astatine the condemnation of the agitator.

“When a proceedings justice actively selects which statutory commands to obey and which to disregard successful bid to sphere a politically charged prosecution, that is not an guiltless oversight — that is prosecution from the bench,” the lawyer stated.

The lawyer added that provisions of the Evidence Act were wilfully overlooked successful the proceedings starring to Kanu’s conviction.

He said, “Justice James Omotosho cannot assertion ignorance, oversight, oregon unfamiliarity with the Evidence Act. His ain judgement proves helium knew the law, understood its mandatory duty, and knew precisely however to deploy it arsenic a ineligible weapon...