Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to withdraw from the trial of a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam.
The appellate court in a unanimous judgement on Wednesday ordered that the case file be returned to Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who had presided over the case from the beginning.
He had withdrawn from the case due to allegations from a publication, that he was receiving bribe in order to give Mr Suswam a ‘soft landing’. Mr Agim explained that the court’s decision to return the case to Mr Mohammed was to correct the “error” made by the former chief judge of the court, Mr Kafarati.
“Four witnesses had already testified and an accused person is entitled to a trial within a reasonable period of time.” “Our decision is merely to correct the error by the chief judge. justice Abang was right to assume jurisdiction since he has the statutory duty to obey the chief judge.
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