ADC-PCC to Tsoho: Explain why you transferred our case to Lifu

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has challenged the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, to explain why he transferred a case from Justice Emeka Nwite to Justice Peter Lifu barely 24 hours after receiving the party’s formal protest against the reassignment.

The campaign council said the sequence of events raised serious questions about the handling of the case, particularly as Justice Nwite had already commenced hearing it and had neither recused himself nor ceased to be a serving judge.

It demanded the immediate release of the full judgment, saying the failure to provide an official copy ...