{
  "id": 17811846,
  "title": "184.5kg Cocaine Trial: KC Luxury Seeks Judge’s Recusal Over Court Record Irregularities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/184-5kg-cocaine-trial-kc-luxury-seeks-judges-recusal-over-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:53:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/02/184-5kg-cocaine-trial-kc-luxury-seeks-judges-recusal-over-court-record-irregularities/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Afolabi Kazeem, a businessman and social media influencer, faces charges of trafficking 184.5 kilograms of cocaine and laundering money. He is currently in a trial at the Federal High Court in Lagos, where Justice Musa Kakaki presided over the proceedings. Kazeem sought to have Justice Kakaki recuse himself from the case due to concerns about irregularities in court records and the judge's declining health. Kazeem's legal team argued that the October 28, 2026 ruling on his client's bail application remained unsigned and unrecorded in the court proceedings. They also alleged that a reply affidavit filed by the defense had gone missing, raising concerns about the safety of evidence submitted to the court. The judge denied Kazeem's bail request on medical grounds, stating that he had not established special circumstances or provided sufficient evidence for his release. The defense requested the judge's immediate removal, while the prosecution opposed the application, arguing that it was not ripe for hearing. The prosecution's attorney expressed concern over allegations of judicial bias, but emphasized that the trial had not commenced and that the refusal of bail was not bias itself. Other defense counsel, however, urged the court to hear and determine the recusal application before proceeding with the trial, arguing that the pending proceedings had stalled the trial and affected other defendants' cases.",
  "summary": "Wale Igbintade Businessman and social media influencer, Afolabi Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, standing trial over alleged 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine trafficking and money laundering, has asked Justice Musa",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "KC Luxury seeks judge’s recusal over court record dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/kc-luxury-seeks-judges-recusal-over-court-record-dispute",
        "published": "2026-11-02T14:48:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}