Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, sent back to the chief judge, a motion filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, for reassignment.
In the motion ex-parte, Kanu is seeking an order of the court transferring him to Abuja National Hospital for urgent medical attention.
Justice Liman, in a short ruling, made the order transferring the case file back to the Chief Judge, following an application by Kanu’s counsel, Uchenna Njoku, SAN, considering the fact that the annual vacation of the court would be ending on Monday.
The Department of State Service’s lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, did not oppose Uchenna’s application.
Earlier upon resumed hearing in the case, the judge hinted that there was no time anymore for the vacation court to decide Kanu’s motion.
He said not less than 30 cases were listed for the day’s proceedings by the registrar and since the court would be unable to take all, the cases were pruned down to six.
