An Abuja-based lawyer, Victor Giwa, has appealed to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), saying that those after him have succeeded in getting Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Apo Resettlement, to grant the prosecution’s unusual motion on notice, scheduled for 26th January, 2026, seeking to revoke his bail and remand him in Kuje Correctional Centre until the end of his trial.
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In a letter to the association’s president, Mazi Afam Osigwe, dated January 23, 2026, the human rights lawyer is seeking the intervention of the NBA.
He said the situation in his trial has degenerated below justice and has become dirty and somewhat indescribable.
He accused the judge of no longer conducting his trial but being on a vengeance mission.
He said in the letter:
“Mr. President, Recall I wrote you a letter dated 25th November, 2025, to officially inform you and bring to your attention the situation regarding the judicial proceedings in the FCT High Court, particularly, FCT High Court No. 30, Apo before His Lordship, Hon. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, and the patent compromise by external influences on judicial proceedings and the injustice perpetrated by Asabe Waziri, a Management Staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), facilitated by some named persons.”
“The situation has degenerated below justice and has become dirty and somewhat indescribable.”
“The events in court show that Hon. Justice Jude is no longer conducting my trial; His Lordship is on a vengeance to embarrass, humiliate, and punish me as planned by Asabe Waziri of NNPCL and her named facilitators. The concluded plan is to send me to Kuje Correctional Centre, from where I should be attending my trial.”
“Hon. Justice Jude hurriedly struck out my six applications challenging the court’s jurisdiction, filed between May and December 2025, on 21st January, 2026, in a terse ruling and on oral application of the prosecution. This is to clear the way for the grant of the prosecutor’s motion seeking ‘TO REVOKE MY BAIL AND REMAND ME IN KUJE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE UNTIL THE END OF THE TRIAL.'”
“My President, since the beginning of this trial, Hon. Justice Jude has granted all the prosecution’s applications and has refused all my applications, including the application seeking the release of my international passport to travel, get medication, and see my family.”
“His Lordship has refused my application for certified true copies of the rulings delivered on 26th November, 2025, for a motion I have not moved. His Lordship has refused my request for the record of proceedings of the court till date.”
“Each sitting in his court during my trial has the presence of over eight policemen inside the court, paid by Asabe Waziri, the nominal complainant and sponsor of the trial. I have publicly and repeatedly notified the Honourable Court that I have lost total confidence in the Honourable Court; the Court still insisted on continuing the case. Each sitting during my trial is characterized by threats and intimidation of ‘wielding the big stick.’ Report has it that His Lordship has written in advance a ruling on the prosecution’s unusual application, to be moved on 26th January, 2026, to ‘revoke my bail and remand me in Kuje Correctional Centre till the end of my trial.’ Copy of the motion is annexure A.”
“Asabe Waziri, the nominal complainant and sponsor of the charge and trial, was seen celebrating in court at the striking out of my motions during the hearing on 21st January, 2026.”
“Asabe Waziri has vowed to ruin and damage my career and professional reputation with every resource she has, using her contacts and connections as an NNPC staff.”
“All these are irrespective of my four applications to the Chief Judge of FCT to direct recusal and reassignment of my case, and my petition against the Honourable Justice Jude to the National Judicial Council (NJC) in December 2025.”
“In conclusion, a judge that comes into court with an already prepared ruling on a motion that has not been moved is not holding an even scale; he is holding a dagger.”
Giwa Alleges Plot To Remand Him In Kuje Until End Of Trial, Appeals To NBA Over Bail Revocation Motion“I therefore call on the President to urgently intervene to halt the event from taking place on Monday, 26th January, 2026, or on any other day in Hon. Justice Jude’s court.”
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