EL-RUFAI ALLEGES BIAS OVER N423BN PROBE CASE, REPORTS JUDGE TO CJ
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Kaduna: Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i, has filed a plea with the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, claiming that Justice Rilwan M. Aikawa, the judge overseeing his case in the Federal High Court Kaduna against the Kaduna State House of Assembly, was biased.
El-Rufa’i claimed prejudice, unfairness, and denial of a fair trial in the plea that his attorney, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, SAN, filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The former governor asked that the case be moved to a different judge in the interest of justice in a petition he sent through his attorney to the Chief Judge of the Abuja Federal High Court.
The petition read: “The Applicant herein filed this captioned suit to enforce his Fundamental Human Rights to fair hearing against the Respondents on the 26th day of June 2024 at the Federal High Court, Kaduna Division. Upon filing the same, the matter was assigned to Honourable Justice R.M. Aikawa, who fixed the same for hearing on the 8th day of July 2024.”
“When this matter was called on July 8, 2024, S.S. Umoru, Esq appeared for the Applicant while Sani Katu, SAN appeared for the 1 Respondent. Sule Shuaibu, SAN, the Honourable Attorney-General of Kaduna State, appeared in person for the 2nd Respondent. While our Umoru, Esq. informed the court that they had been served with the processes from the 2nd Respondent and were still within time to respond to the same, the Learned Silk for the 1st Respondent informed the Court that they had not filed any processes and that they were out of time to do so by one day.
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