Written by: Ifeanyi Chibueze James
Justice Evoh Chukwu was the High Court judge handling the case between justice Binta Nyako’s husband Murtala Nyako and son AbdulAziz. The two, a former governor and Senator representing Adamawa Central were accused of 29 billion naira theft by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
It is painful that Justice Evoh Chukwu on June 9, 2016 was reported dead after what was said to be a brief illness. Before he died as the trial judge in the case involving the Federal Government’s EFCC and Nyako’s family, he granted Binta Nyako’s husband and son bail, but the bail conditions were not yet met, followed by Chief Justice Evoh Chukwu’s death.
Then another Chief Judge took over the case, but was later transferred to another court, leaving the case again to the mercy of a new Chief Judge Peter Lifu.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened Binta Nyako that if she release Nnamdi Kanu, her husband and son will remain in custody, but if she can help to lawlessly victimize and jail Nnamdi Kanu, her husband and son will be released.
This is why justice Binta Nyako is desperate to accelerate the hearing of Kanu’s case, so as to pass her judgement against Nnamdi Kanu in swap for her husband and son who have been detained since 2015.
For now, no one can tell if the deceitful Federal Government of Nigeria will fulfill this bogus promise they made to Binta Nyako if she succeeds in jailing Nnamdi Kanu but, that is the deal they have entered.
In their recent court appearance in March 21, 2024, the two accused Nyakos pleaded that their surties are now available and that they have met all their bail conditions. They pleaded that the court should allow them to present their bail conditions previously given by late justice Evoh Chukwu.
The trial judge Peter Lifu responded “I hope they have not Japa “left the country” and that was how the hearing for the day ended.
The Federal High Court have not accepted nor rejected their plea to present their bail conditions but we are convinced that the trial judge, Peter Lifu is acting on the orders of the Federal Government to delay it so as to wait for the outcome of Binta Nyako’s accelerated Nnamdi Kanu case.
If Chief Justice Binta Nyako succeeds in jailing Nnamdi Kanu, Justice Peter Lifu in the other case involving her husband and son will then ask them to present their bail conditions for their release. But if she did not succeed, her husband and son will remain in custody.
With this, the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) have lost confidence in justice Binta Nyako as the trial judge to the case of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu and demand that justice Binta Nyako gently and honorably steps down from the case which has already been won by Nnamdi Kanu but still lingering on because of the Federal Government’s disobedience and secret plans to lawlessly jail Nnamdi Kanu
