Reports have it that the Federal High Court has proposed the change of venue for the continuation of Nnamdi Kanu’s trial.
The plan was made known by the Chief Justice of the Court, John Tsoho who explained that the reason for the action was to curb the disruption and interlude of the session of other cases in the court.
This is coming days after it was reported that the court warned the Departments of State Security (DSS) over causing traffic in the court premises before the IPOB leader case trial begins.
Justice Tsoho stressed the point that during the case trial of Nnamdi Kanu who was arrested on the ground of terrorism the court compartment and surroundings are always filled up with people who come to witness the session.
According to Justice John Tsoho’s words, he said;
“It’s not really the making of the court. It is something foisted on us, it is security arrangement that causes this problem. So, you find a situation where a trial is coming up involving an individual and a whole lot of communities leave their businesses to besieged the court.
“It is worrisome, but you can’t prevent them. So how to manage it has been challenging to us. We are even trying to think of some solutions. If you observed, for those who were here when the matter came up, but of course, the roads were free because the matter was shifted to late afternoon.
“What will ultimately happen is that, we are exploring the possibility of shifting the venue of the trial. That will be the best way out, otherwise, if the trial continues here, it will interfere with our business. We have 11 courts here but it is only one court that is trying Kanu.
“And anytime the case comes up, the other courts cannot function. It is really not a good development. But I can assure you that we have actually gone far in finding a solution to it.”
