Justice Binta Nyako withdraws from Nnamdi Kanus trial

Justice Nyako withdraws

At the resumed hearing in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday, Justice Binta Nyako, said she was going to recuse herself from the trial. Recuse, as defined by the Law.com dictionary, means to refuse to be a judge (or for a judge to agree to a request by one of the parties to step aside) in a lawsuit or appeal because of a conflict of interest or other good reason (acquaintanceship with one of…

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