Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned ruling on the application filed by the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore seeking the judge to recuse himself from his trial, to June 15, 2026.
During proceedings Sowore told the court that he would represent himself, pending the time he was able to reconstitute his legal team.
He told the court that his lawyers said they were afraid to appear before the court to defend him because of the humiliation they suffered before this court as a result of an earlier ruling.
He subsequently moved two applications he had filed and served on the prosecution
seeking an order of the court for the judge, to recuse himself on grounds of bias, and the other for referral of the case to the Chief Judge for re-assignment to another judge.
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The prosecuting counsel, who sought the leave of court to reply orally on point of law, argued that the application is an abuse of court process and is meant to irritate the court.
He noted that the court is bound by its record, where the letter written by the Chief Judge directed that the matter should proceed.
The senior lawyer also noted that there is a subsisting order of the court that the defence opens its case today, and if that doesn’t happen, the matter should be foreclosed.
He urged the court to dismiss the application in its entirety and disregard the tantrums being brought forward by the defendant and his lawyers.
In a short ruling, Justice Mohammed Umar held that he will have to go through the processes filed by Sowore to rule on the application.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
