By Antynet Ford
Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has said he will file a petition at the East African Court of Justice against the Supreme Court.
This is after the apex court barred the senior counsel and employees of his law firm from filing cases before it over his incessant attacks.
“I have instructed my lawyers to file a petition in the East African Court of Justice at Arusha to seek legal redress against the Supreme Court.” Grand Muller as he is known to many on his official X handle.
Ahmednasir was accused of conducting a campaign in the broadcast, print, and social media accusing it and its judges of corruption, incompetence, and outright bribery.
“This, you have done with reckless abandon, paying scant regard to the reputations of those who tirelessly serve on the Court by their Oath of Office.” The court said.
It cited its ruling in the case of Republic v Ahmad Abdolfadhi Mohammed and Anor, SC Petition No. 39 of 2018, in which Ahmednasir criticized the court over its verdict.
“You were cautioned that such conduct would in the future, not go unpunished. The caution as recorded in the ruling above, appears not to have had any sobering effect upon you.” the court said.
However, the lawyer in a statement on his X official platform termed the ban against him and his law firm, at large, as “a badge of honor.”
He claimed this was the second time in his career that the courts had refused him an audience for speaking his mind.
“Second time in my 30 years of law career that the courts refused me audience for calling for the removal of some judges from the courts.” Muller claimed.
According to Senior Counsel Ahmednasir, the first time the courts refused him to an audience was in 2000 when he was ejected from court and told not to come back.
The law Society of Kenya has also defended its member terming the ban by the Supreme court as irregular and illegal.