On Friday in Abuja, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo dismissed a lawsuit filed by the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court over the court’s practice of secret trials for terrorism-related charges.
The lawsuit, which names Chief Judge Justice John Tsoho as the only defendant, was dismissed after the agitator for the Biafra nation abruptly withdrew it.
Kanu had dragged the Chief Judge before the court following the adoption of a Practice Direction that directed the trial of terrorism-related charges to be done in camera.
His grouse was that the secret trial policy effected shortly after the Federal Government slammed 15-count treasonable felony charges against him constituted an infringement to his fundamental rights to a fair trial.
At Friday’s proceedings, when the hearing was to commence, Kanu, through his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, announced that he was no longer interested in continuing with the suit.
Ejiofor subsequently applied that the matter is struck out in line with the wish of Kanu.
Speaking with newsmen on the issue, the counsel explained that the action was withdrawn following the discovery that the secret trial of terrorism charges policy adopted during the trial of Kanu was not targeted at his client.