He said: “There is a handwritten letter addressed to my humble self by the first defendant.”
The judge added that the first defendant had stated in the letter 
that during the last hearing, the lawyer that argued his case was not 
who he instructed to represent him.
Meanwhile, the lead counsel, Chuks Muoma addressing the court said he did not see the need for the controversy in the courtroom.
His words: “As embarrassing as this appears, I will advise that 
he take the ruling of the summons of bail which he led and argued and 
then handover.”
On his own part, Udechukwu addressing the court said it was important to be on record.
 “My lord, it is already on record that I represented 
the defendant without an instruction from him, I don’t want to implicate
 my matter and also avoid been summoned by the disciplinary committee,” Udechukwu said.
Udechukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) further announced to 
the court that he is standing down and apologizing for his actions.
Following Udechukwu’s stand down, the lead counsel announced his 
appearance and that of another SAN, Ifeanyi Ejiofor for the first 
defendant.
Kanu had earlier expressed his reservation for the Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same court, saying he has no confidence in him.
So the case was transferred to Justice John Tsoho.
Udechukwu had represented the accused persons at the last bail application hearing.
Before now, another lawyer, Vincent Obetta had represented Kanu 
during his arraignment at the Magistrate Court and susequteubly at the 
Federal High Court.
Obetta had also succeeded in securing three different bail applications for Kanu in various courts.
While all the bail conditions were perfected, the defendants have remained in the custody of the State Security Services (SSS).
Obetta at some point accused the federal government of fraudulently obtaining a court order to detain his client for 90 days.
The Federal government recently filed fresh six-count charges against the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra.
The government is blaming Kanu for plotting to divide Nigeria, by 
creating a Biafra Republic with south-east, south-south states, and 
parts of Kogi and Benue states, as component units.



 
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