{"id":100680,"date":"2022-10-25T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100680"},"modified":"2022-10-25T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:26:03","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-appeal-court-reacts-to-reports-of-justices-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nnamdi-kanu-appeal-court-reacts-to-reports-of-justices-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu: Appeal Court reacts to reports of justices\u2019 transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reacted to reports about the transfer of some justices of the court which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on October 13.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, the court\u2019s Chief Registrar, Umar Bangari, said only one of the three Justices on the panel that handled the Kanu appeal, was posted to a new division of the court.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nBangari noted that the posting was a routine exercise intended to reinvigorate the court\u2019s justice delivery system.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cThe attention of the Court of Appeal has been drawn to a publication in the Vanguard Newspaper of Monday 24th October 2022, as well as its online version, with the caption \u201cNnamdi Kanu: 3 Justices on Appeal Court Panel Transferred\u201d, followed by similar publications by other newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe publications in question conveyed the innuendo to the effect that the recent postings of justices of the Court of Appeal were in connection with, or in response to the judgment of the Court of Appeal of 13th October 2022 in Nnamdi Kanu V. the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state categorically that the general postings of the Justices of the Court of Appeal under reference were routine and aimed at reinvigorating the justice delivery system of the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, 21 out of 81 Justices, including six Presiding Justices of the court, were affected by the postings.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIndeed, of the three Justices that sat and determined the said appeal, only one was affected by the general postings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is therefore incorrect and uncharitable to insinuate that the Hon. Justices, who delivered the judgment in the Nnamdi Kanu appeal, were the targets of the routine posting exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few minutes of inquiry by the Vanguard newspaper, or the other media houses that followed up with similar publications, could have clarified this fact; unless of course, the publication was intended for other purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetails of the recent postings are available in the office of the Chief Registrar of the court for verification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also appeal to the Vanguard newspaper in particular and the media, in general, to exercise restraint and circumspection in reporting matters pertaining to the court and its operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Court of Appeal has an open door policy of providing easy access to the media to make inquiries and seek clarifications on any matters of interest to the media for the benefit of the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is, therefore, unhealthy to rush into publishing unconfirmed information as in this case, please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge members of the public to discountenance this misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reacted to reports about the transfer of some justices of the court which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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