Nigeria, March 8 -- The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, John Tsoho, has finally reassigned Nnamdi Kanu's trial to another judge after months of intense pressure.

Aloy Ejimakor, the special counsel to Mr Kanu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Mr Kanu, who is facing terrorism charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The IPOB leader has been in detention since he was repatriated to Nigeria from Kenya in June 2021 under controversial circumstances.

Justice Binta Nyako had been presiding over the trial of the IPOB leader.

But during the court's hearing on 24 September 2024, Mr Kanu requested that Mrs Nyako recuse herself from presiding over the ...