The Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled the adoption of processes in a lawsuit brought by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Department of State Services (DSS) for Monday.
The court registrar has scheduled the adoption of applications filed by the parties for June 20, due to the absence of Justice Binta Nyako during the proceedings.
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It has been reported that Justice Nyako was absent from her duties due to an official assignment.
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the judge issued a warning on May 3rd to both the legal representatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Mr. Kanu, cautioning them against disrupting the proceedings during the upcoming adjourned date.
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Nyako issued a cautionary statement subsequent to the day’s proceedings, which were disrupted by an oral motion made by Idowu Awo, the DSS counsel. Awo requested additional time to respond to an additional affidavit that had been served on him by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Kanu’s lawyer, during the open court session.
