NNAMDI KANU'S WIFE SLAMS JUDGE OMOTOSHO OVER LIFE IMPRISONMENT RULING | #RWGBLOG

Nnamdi Kanu’s wife raised serious concerns about the conduct of Judge James Omotosho in her husband’s t+rrorism trial. She stated, “In Nigeria, a judge cannot ask a defendant to enter a defense on t+rrorism-related charges without first reading out the written law under which the court is prosecuting the person.” 

She emphasized, quoting the law, that “A person shall not be convicted for a criminal offense unless the offense is clearly defined.” 

Addressing the judge’s handling of Kanu’s case, she accused him of merely reading from a prepared script, noting that “everyone could see and hear that he was reading a script handed to him, struggling to pronounce some of the words in his own written judgment.”

She added that Judge Omotosho ignored constitutional requirements, which state that no one can be convicted under an undefined or unknown law.

According to her, the judge forced Kanu to take a plea under a law he did not recognize, which he refused. She also criticized the judge for refusing to issue written rulings on serious applications, claiming that he only read and counted thousands of lines without delivering proper written judgments.